From: Loïc Grégoire Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:18:54 +0000 (-0400) Subject: printk: ringbuffer: fix errors in comments X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bf56987c111372a54ae877934a42f7fb0953a6ca;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git printk: ringbuffer: fix errors in comments The printk ringbuffer implementation is described in the comment as using three ringbuffers, but the current implementation uses two (desc and data). Update the comment so it matches the code. Fix few more known issues in the comments. Signed-off-by: Loïc Grégoire Reviewed-by: John Ogness Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260328021855.53956-1-loicgre@gmail.com [pmladek@suse.com: Fixed few more issues in the comments by John Ogness.] Signed-off-by: John Ogness Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek --- diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c index aa4b39e94cfa..85c0c854b3ce 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ * * Data Structure * -------------- - * The printk_ringbuffer is made up of 3 internal ringbuffers: + * The printk_ringbuffer is made up of 2 internal ringbuffers: * * desc_ring * A ring of descriptors and their meta data (such as sequence number, @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ * * prb_rec_init_rd(&r, &info, &text_buf[0], sizeof(text_buf)); * - * prb_for_each_record(0, &test_rb, &seq, &r) { + * prb_for_each_record(0, &test_rb, seq, &r) { * if (info.seq != seq) * pr_warn("lost %llu records\n", info.seq - seq); * @@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ static struct prb_desc *desc_reopen_last(struct prb_desc_ring *desc_ring, * * WMB from _prb_commit:A to _prb_commit:B * matching - * MB If desc_reopen_last:A to prb_reserve_in_last:A + * MB from desc_reopen_last:A to prb_reserve_in_last:A */ if (!atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(&d->state_var, &prev_state_val, DESC_SV(id, desc_reserved))) { /* LMM(desc_reopen_last:A) */ @@ -1773,9 +1773,9 @@ static void _prb_commit(struct prb_reserved_entry *e, unsigned long state_val) * * Relies on: * - * MB _prb_commit:B to prb_commit:A + * MB from _prb_commit:B to prb_commit:A * matching - * MB desc_reserve:D to desc_make_final:A + * MB from desc_reserve:D to desc_make_final:A */ if (!atomic_long_try_cmpxchg(&d->state_var, &prev_state_val, DESC_SV(e->id, state_val))) { /* LMM(_prb_commit:B) */ @@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ u64 prb_first_seq(struct printk_ringbuffer *rb) * * MB from desc_push_tail:B to desc_reserve:F * matching - * RMB prb_first_seq:B to prb_first_seq:A + * RMB from prb_first_seq:B to prb_first_seq:A */ smp_rmb(); /* LMM(prb_first_seq:C) */ } diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h index 4f4949700676..4c6411b3582d 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h +++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ for ((s) = from; prb_read_valid(rb, s, r); (s) = (r)->info->seq + 1) * * This is a macro for conveniently iterating over a ringbuffer. * Note that @s may not be the sequence number of the record on each - * iteration. For the sequence number, @r->info->seq should be checked. + * iteration. For the sequence number, @i->seq should be checked. * * Context: Any context. */