linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 04/14] vringh: explain more about cleaning riov and wiov

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Date:   Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:34:40 +0100
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>,
        Laurent Vivier <lvivier@...hat.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 04/14] vringh: explain more about cleaning riov and wiov

riov and wiov can be reused with subsequent calls of vringh_getdesc_*().

Let's add a paragraph in the documentation of these functions to better
explain when riov and wiov need to be cleaned up.

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/vhost/vringh.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
index bee63d68201a..2a88e087afd8 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vringh.c
@@ -662,7 +662,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vringh_init_user);
  * *head will be vrh->vring.num.  You may be able to ignore an invalid
  * descriptor, but there's not much you can do with an invalid ring.
  *
- * Note that you may need to clean up riov and wiov, even on error!
+ * Note that you can reuse riov and wiov with subsequent calls. Content is
+ * overwritten and memory reallocated if more space is needed.
+ * When you don't have to use riov and wiov anymore, you should clean up them
+ * calling vringh_iov_cleanup() to release the memory, even on error!
  */
 int vringh_getdesc_user(struct vringh *vrh,
 			struct vringh_iov *riov,
@@ -932,7 +935,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vringh_init_kern);
  * *head will be vrh->vring.num.  You may be able to ignore an invalid
  * descriptor, but there's not much you can do with an invalid ring.
  *
- * Note that you may need to clean up riov and wiov, even on error!
+ * Note that you can reuse riov and wiov with subsequent calls. Content is
+ * overwritten and memory reallocated if more space is needed.
+ * When you don't have to use riov and wiov anymore, you should clean up them
+ * calling vringh_kiov_cleanup() to release the memory, even on error!
  */
 int vringh_getdesc_kern(struct vringh *vrh,
 			struct vringh_kiov *riov,
@@ -1292,7 +1298,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vringh_set_iotlb);
  * *head will be vrh->vring.num.  You may be able to ignore an invalid
  * descriptor, but there's not much you can do with an invalid ring.
  *
- * Note that you may need to clean up riov and wiov, even on error!
+ * Note that you can reuse riov and wiov with subsequent calls. Content is
+ * overwritten and memory reallocated if more space is needed.
+ * When you don't have to use riov and wiov anymore, you should clean up them
+ * calling vringh_kiov_cleanup() to release the memory, even on error!
  */
 int vringh_getdesc_iotlb(struct vringh *vrh,
 			 struct vringh_kiov *riov,
-- 
2.30.2