linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH, RFC] usbmon: correct computing of the ISO packets with mmap

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Date:	Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:42:37 -0700
From:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	Németh Márton <nm127@...email.hu>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	<linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	zaitcev@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] usbmon: correct computing of the ISO packets with
 mmap

On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:01:58 -0500 (EST)
Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> > + * This is the look-ahead pass in case of 'Ci', when actual_length cannot
> > + * be used to determine the length of the whole contiguous buffer.
> 
> Shouldn't the comment say "Cz" instead of "Ci"?

Turned out it's actually "C Zi".

> > +	while (ndesc-- != 0) {
> > +		if (fp->status == 0 && fp->actual_length != 0) {
> 
> I'd leave out the fp->status == 0 test.  It's not relevant; a buffer 
> can contain valid data even if the final status isn't 0.

That's a good point, however is actual_length filled in such case?
I thought it was either one or the other.

-- Pete
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