[PATCH] block: update docs for bio and bvec_iter
From: Andreas Hindborg
Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 12:19:11 EST
The documentation for bio and bvec_iter refers to a vector named bvl_vec.
This does not exis. Update the documentation comment with the correct name.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/blk_types.h | 2 +-
include/linux/bvec.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 5dc061d318a45..10403145a4510 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct bio {
* Everything starting with bi_max_vecs will be preserved by bio_reset()
*/
- unsigned short bi_max_vecs; /* max bvl_vecs we can hold */
+ unsigned short bi_max_vecs; /* max count of bio_vec we can hold */
atomic_t __bi_cnt; /* pin count */
diff --git a/include/linux/bvec.h b/include/linux/bvec.h
index 3fc0efa0825b1..a05e792e6c216 100644
--- a/include/linux/bvec.h
+++ b/include/linux/bvec.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct bvec_iter {
sectors */
unsigned int bi_size; /* residual I/O count */
- unsigned int bi_idx; /* current index into bvl_vec */
+ unsigned int bi_idx; /* current index into bi_io_vec */
unsigned int bi_bvec_done; /* number of bytes completed in
current bvec */
---
base-commit: 05f7e89ab9731565d8a62e3b5d1ec206485eeb0b
change-id: 20260212-bvec_iter-docs-ceb3f7208d06
Best regards,
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Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@xxxxxxxxxx>