[PATCH v7 00/11] packed ring layout spec

From
Cornelia Huck <>
Date
2018-01-30T10:17:00+00:00
ID
Thread
[PATCH v7 00/11] packed ring layout spec
On Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:01:03 +0200
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <> wrote:
> Document buffer used len and use that terminology everywhere in the
> generic section.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <>
> ---
>  content.tex | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++

-------------------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
> index 3b4579e..4350ecf 100644
> --- a/content.tex
> +++ b/content.tex
> @@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ a used buffer to the queue - i.e. lets the driver
>  know by marking the buffer as used. Device can then trigger
>  a device event - i.e. send an interrupt to the driver.
>
> -For queue operation detail, see \ref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues}~\nameref{sec:Basic Facilities of a Virtio Device / Split Virtqueues}.

Why are you dropping this?

> +Device reports the number of bytes it has written to memory for
> +each buffer it uses. This is referred to as ``used length''.
>
>  \input{split-ring.tex}
>

Otherwise, using the term "used length" looks good.