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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 06:04:51 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Ferdinand Blomqvist <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        ferdinand.blomqvist@...il.com, hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:core/rslib] rslib: Update documentation

Commit-ID:  38cbae1434f8f7bbd8eaf24b29a385a4b88938fb
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/38cbae1434f8f7bbd8eaf24b29a385a4b88938fb
Author:     Ferdinand Blomqvist <ferdinand.blomqvist@...il.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:10:38 +0300
Committer:  Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitDate: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:55:47 +0200

rslib: Update documentation

The decoder returns the number of corrected symbols, not bits.
The caller provided syndrome must be in index form.

Signed-off-by: Ferdinand Blomqvist <ferdinand.blomqvist@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190620141039.9874-7-ferdinand.blomqvist@gmail.com

---
 lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c b/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c
index e5fdc8b9e856..bbc01bad3053 100644
--- a/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c
+++ b/lib/reed_solomon/reed_solomon.c
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(encode_rs8);
  *  @data:	data field of a given type
  *  @par:	received parity data field
  *  @len:	data length
- *  @s:		syndrome data field (if NULL, syndrome is calculated)
+ *  @s: 	syndrome data field, must be in index form
+ *		(if NULL, syndrome is calculated)
  *  @no_eras:	number of erasures
  *  @eras_pos:	position of erasures, can be NULL
  *  @invmsk:	invert data mask (will be xored on data, not on parity!)
@@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(encode_rs8);
  *  decoding, so the caller has to ensure that decoder invocations are
  *  serialized.
  *
- *  Returns the number of corrected bits or -EBADMSG for uncorrectable errors.
+ *  Returns the number of corrected symbols or -EBADMSG for uncorrectable
+ *  errors. The count includes errors in the parity.
  */
 int decode_rs8(struct rs_control *rsc, uint8_t *data, uint16_t *par, int len,
 	       uint16_t *s, int no_eras, int *eras_pos, uint16_t invmsk,
@@ -391,7 +393,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(encode_rs16);
  *  @data:	data field of a given type
  *  @par:	received parity data field
  *  @len:	data length
- *  @s:		syndrome data field (if NULL, syndrome is calculated)
+ *  @s: 	syndrome data field, must be in index form
+ *		(if NULL, syndrome is calculated)
  *  @no_eras:	number of erasures
  *  @eras_pos:	position of erasures, can be NULL
  *  @invmsk:	invert data mask (will be xored on data, not on parity!)
@@ -403,7 +406,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(encode_rs16);
  *  decoding, so the caller has to ensure that decoder invocations are
  *  serialized.
  *
- *  Returns the number of corrected bits or -EBADMSG for uncorrectable errors.
+ *  Returns the number of corrected symbols or -EBADMSG for uncorrectable
+ *  errors. The count includes errors in the parity.
  */
 int decode_rs16(struct rs_control *rsc, uint16_t *data, uint16_t *par, int len,
 		uint16_t *s, int no_eras, int *eras_pos, uint16_t invmsk,