Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] migration/ram: Modify the code comment of ram_save_host_page()

[David Edmondson]

On Monday, 2021-03-01 at 16:21:30 +08, Kunkun Jiang wrote:

> The ram_save_host_page() has been modified several times
> since its birth. But the comment hasn't been modified as it should
> be. It'd better to modify the comment to explain ram_save_host_page()
> more clearly.

I don't think that it's reasonable for me to send Reviewed-by for this,
given that I suggested the text.

Could someone else check the sense and correctness?

> Signed-off-by: Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kunkun Jiang <jiangkunkun@huawei.com>
> ---
>  migration/ram.c | 14 ++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
> index 72143da0ac..24967cb970 100644
> --- a/migration/ram.c
> +++ b/migration/ram.c
> @@ -1970,15 +1970,13 @@ static int ram_save_target_page(RAMState *rs, 
> PageSearchStatus *pss,
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * ram_save_host_page: save a whole host page
> + * ram_save_host_page: save a whole host page or the rest of a RAMBlock
>   *
> - * Starting at *offset send pages up to the end of the current host
> - * page. It's valid for the initial offset to point into the middle of
> - * a host page in which case the remainder of the hostpage is sent.
> - * Only dirty target pages are sent. Note that the host page size may
> - * be a huge page for this block.
> - * The saving stops at the boundary of the used_length of the block
> - * if the RAMBlock isn't a multiple of the host page size.
> + * Send dirty pages between pss->page and either the end of that page
> + * or the used_length of the RAMBlock, whichever is smaller.
> + *
> + * Note that if the host page is a huge page, pss->page may be in the
> + * middle of that page.
>   *
>   * Returns the number of pages written or negative on error
>   *
> -- 
> 2.23.0

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