linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kvm: Fix mention to number of ioctls classes

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Message-ID: <67bb9781-98a5-fcad-b958-04abe42b37fb@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Nov 2019 19:18:58 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@...hat.com>,
        rkrcmar@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kvm: Fix mention to number of ioctls
 classes

On 29/11/19 19:17, Wainer dos Santos Moschetta wrote:
> In api.txt it is said that KVM ioctls belong to three classes
> but in reality it is four. Fixed this, but do not count categories
> anymore to avoid such as outdated information in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <wainersm@...hat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
> index 4833904d32a5..4e3d22429b19 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation
>  ----------------------
>  
>  The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects
> -of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to three classes:
> +of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to the following classes:
>  
>   - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the
>     whole kvm subsystem.  In addition a system ioctl is used to create
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo