linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/21] earlycpio.c: Fix the confusing comment of find_cpio

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2013 11:20:38 +0800
From:	Tang Chen <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/21] earlycpio.c: Fix the confusing comment of find_cpio_data().

On 07/24/2013 04:02 AM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 03:59:23PM +0800, Tang Chen wrote:
>> - * @offset: When a matching file is found, this is the offset to the
>> - *          beginning of the cpio. It can be used to iterate through
>> - *          the cpio to find all files inside of a directory path
>> + * @offset: When a matching file is found, this is the offset from the
>> + *          beginning of the cpio to the beginning of the next file, not the
>> + *          matching file itself. It can be used to iterate through the cpio
>> + *          to find all files inside of a directory path
>
> Nicely spotted.  I think we can go further and rename it to @nextoff.

OK, followed.

Thanks.
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