linux-kernel - [PATCH] seq_buf: fix a misleading comment

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Message-ID: <87pm19kp0m.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:38:49 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] seq_buf: fix a misleading comment

The comment for seq_buf_has_overflowed() says that an overflow condition is
marked by len == size, but that's not what the code is testing.  Make the
comment match reality.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
---
 include/linux/seq_buf.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 515d7fcb9634..026302765494 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ seq_buf_init(struct seq_buf *s, char *buf, unsigned int size)
 
 /*
  * seq_buf have a buffer that might overflow. When this happens
- * the len and size are set to be equal.
+ * len is set to be greater than size.
  */
 static inline bool
 seq_buf_has_overflowed(struct seq_buf *s)
-- 
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