linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio_ring: fix description of virtqueue_get

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Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:21:48 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Felipe Franciosi <felipe@...anix.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio_ring: fix description of virtqueue_get_buf



On 2016年11月14日 22:16, Felipe Franciosi wrote:
> The device (not the driver) populates the used ring and includes the len
> of how much data was written.
>
> Signed-off-by: Felipe Franciosi <felipe@...anix.com>
> ---
>   drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> index 489bfc6..8a0d6a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
> @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ static inline bool more_used(const struct vring_virtqueue *vq)
>    * @vq: the struct virtqueue we're talking about.
>    * @len: the length written into the buffer
>    *
> - * If the driver wrote data into the buffer, @len will be set to the
> + * If the device wrote data into the buffer, @len will be set to the
>    * amount written.  This means you don't need to clear the buffer
>    * beforehand to ensure there's no data leakage in the case of short
>    * writes.

Reviewed-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>