[PATCH v3] dmadev: clarify last_idx documentation for completion APIs
Thomas Monjalon
thomas at monjalon.net
Fri Jul 17 10:44:43 CEST 2026
> > The last_idx output parameter was documented identically for
> > rte_dma_completed() and rte_dma_completed_status(), even though the two
> > APIs have different semantics:
> >
> > - rte_dma_completed() only reports operations that completed
> > successfully and stops at the first error, so its last_idx is the
> > ring_idx of the last successfully completed operation.
> > - rte_dma_completed_status() reports all completed operations regardless
> > of status, so its last_idx is the last completed operation's ring_idx
> > irrespective of success or failure.
> >
> > In both cases only up to nb_cpls operations are reported per call, so
> > last_idx is the ring_idx of the last reported operation, which may not
> > be the last operation the device has actually completed.
> >
> > Refresh the full documentation of both functions to remove the
> > ambiguity and make the behaviour explicit.
> >
> > Fixes: 91e581e5c924 ("dmadev: add data plane API")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Ningoji <raghavendra.ningoji at amd.com>
> > Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
Applied, thanks.
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