Re: [PATCH] dma-buf/sync_file: fix documentation error

[Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.com>]

Hi Emilio,

2016-09-19 Emilio López <emilio.lopez@collabora.co.uk>:

> The ioctl name and description on the documentation block don't
> match the ioctl being defined. This was probably overlooked while
> renaming the ioctls during the sync file destaging. This patch
> provides a more accurate description of what the ioctl actually does.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Emilio López <emilio.lopez@collabora.co.uk>
> ---
> 
> This is something I saw while refreshing my kselftest patches. Hopefully
> this patch describes the new ioctl well enough, let me know if you
> think it doesn't :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Emilio
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h | 13 +++++--------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h b/include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h
> index 413303d..cdf8ec2 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/sync_file.h
> @@ -85,15 +85,12 @@ struct sync_file_info {
>  #define SYNC_IOC_MERGE		_IOWR(SYNC_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct sync_merge_data)
>  
>  /**
> - * DOC: SYNC_IOC_FENCE_INFO - get detailed information on a fence
> + * DOC: SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO - get detailed information on a sync_file
>   *
> - * Takes a struct sync_file_info_data with extra space allocated for pt_info.
> - * Caller should write the size of the buffer into len.  On return, len is
> - * updated to reflect the total size of the sync_file_info_data including
> - * pt_info.
> - *
> - * pt_info is a buffer containing sync_pt_infos for every sync_pt in the fence.
> - * To iterate over the sync_pt_infos, use the sync_pt_info.len field.
> + * Takes a struct sync_file_info. If num_fences is 0, the field is updated
> + * with the actual number of fences. If num_fences is > 0, the system will
> + * use the pointer provided on sync_fence_info to return up to num_fences of
> + * struct sync_fence_info, with detailed fence information.
>   */

Reviewed-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan@collabora.co.uk>

Gustavo