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-rw-r--r--kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c16
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
index 244d991ffd73..67ee1c62fcd6 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c
@@ -1987,11 +1987,13 @@ u64 prb_first_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb)
}
/*
- * Non-blocking read of a record. Updates @seq to the last finalized record
- * (which may have no data available).
+ * Non-blocking read of a record.
*
- * See the description of prb_read_valid() and prb_read_valid_info()
- * for details.
+ * On success @seq is updated to the record that was read and (if provided)
+ * @r and @line_count will contain the read/calculated data.
+ *
+ * On failure @seq is updated to a record that is not yet available to the
+ * reader, but it will be the next record available to the reader.
*/
static bool _prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 *seq,
struct printk_record *r, unsigned int *line_count)
@@ -2010,7 +2012,7 @@ static bool _prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 *seq,
*seq = tail_seq;
} else if (err == -ENOENT) {
- /* Record exists, but no data available. Skip. */
+ /* Record exists, but the data was lost. Skip. */
(*seq)++;
} else {
@@ -2043,7 +2045,7 @@ static bool _prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 *seq,
* On success, the reader must check r->info.seq to see which record was
* actually read. This allows the reader to detect dropped records.
*
- * Failure means @seq refers to a not yet written record.
+ * Failure means @seq refers to a record not yet available to the reader.
*/
bool prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 seq,
struct printk_record *r)
@@ -2073,7 +2075,7 @@ bool prb_read_valid(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 seq,
* On success, the reader must check info->seq to see which record meta data
* was actually read. This allows the reader to detect dropped records.
*
- * Failure means @seq refers to a not yet written record.
+ * Failure means @seq refers to a record not yet available to the reader.
*/
bool prb_read_valid_info(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb, u64 seq,
struct printk_info *info, unsigned int *line_count)