Virtualization - Nov 2016 - [PATCH] virtio_ring: fix description of virtqueue_get_buf

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 at nutanix.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.
-- 
1.9.4

On 2016?11?14? 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 at nutanix.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 at redhat.com>