Re: [PATCH 01/12] vhost-scsi: improve BIDI operation comments

Bobby Eshleman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.virtualization
Message-ID <aldR5cNr3SlVoBX/@devvm29614.prn0.facebook.com>
On Wed, Jul 15, 2026 at 04:09:06PM +0800, Weimin Xiong wrote:
> From: xiongweimin <[email protected]>
> 
> Replace FIXME comments with clearer Note comments documenting
> that BIDI (bidirectional) operations are not yet supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Weimin Xiong <[email protected]>
> Co-authored-by: Cursor <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/vhost/scsi.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> index 9a1253b9d..81e905c4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
> @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ static void vhost_scsi_target_queue_cmd(struct vhost_scsi_nexus *nexus,
>  	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = &cmd->tvc_se_cmd;
>  	struct scatterlist *sg_ptr, *sg_prot_ptr = NULL;
>  
> -	/* FIXME: BIDI operation */
> +	/* Note: BIDI (bidirectional) operations are not yet supported */
>  	if (cmd->tvc_sgl_count) {
>  		sg_ptr = cmd->table.sgl;
>  
> @@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ vhost_scsi_get_desc(struct vhost_scsi *vs, struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Get the size of request and response buffers.
> -	 * FIXME: Not correct for BIDI operation
> +	 * Note: Size calculation is not correct for BIDI operations.
>  	 */
>  	vc->out_size = iov_length(vq->iov, vc->out);
>  	vc->in_size = iov_length(&vq->iov[vc->out], vc->in);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

Hey Weimin,

This series is probably going to be ignored. Comment-only changes are
almost never merged, and the code changes here don't look like genuine
bugs.

In the case that there are some real bugs, I'd recommend to setup a
system and trigger a bug, and provide a reproducer.

Best,
Bobby
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