[PATCH v2 36/37] block: update comment of "struct bio_vec" regarding nth_page()
David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
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Ever since commit 858c708d9efb ("block: move the bi_size update out of
__bio_try_merge_page"), page_is_mergeable() no longer exists, and the
logic in bvec_try_merge_page() is now a simple page pointer
comparison.
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/bvec.h | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/bvec.h b/include/linux/bvec.h
index 0a80e1f9aa201..3fc0efa0825b1 100644
--- a/include/linux/bvec.h
+++ b/include/linux/bvec.h
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ struct page;
* @bv_len: Number of bytes in the address range.
* @bv_offset: Start of the address range relative to the start of @bv_page.
*
- * The following holds for a bvec if n * PAGE_SIZE < bv_offset + bv_len:
- *
- * nth_page(@bv_page, n) == @bv_page + n
- *
- * This holds because page_is_mergeable() checks the above property.
+ * All pages within a bio_vec starting from @bv_page are contiguous and
+ * can simply be iterated (see bvec_advance()).
*/
struct bio_vec {
struct page *bv_page;
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