PCI: Document reason for using pci_is_root_bus()

Some code assumes "bus->self == NULL" means the bus is a root bus.  This
adds a comment explaining why this is incorrect ("virtual" buses added for
SR-IOV have "bus->self == NULL" but are not root buses).

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 197e2d21f2cb..d3a888ae4b2e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ struct pci_bus {
 /*
  * Returns true if the pci bus is root (behind host-pci bridge),
  * false otherwise
+ *
+ * Some code assumes that "bus->self == NULL" means that bus is a root bus.
+ * This is incorrect because "virtual" buses added for SR-IOV (via
+ * virtfn_add_bus()) have "bus->self == NULL" but are not root buses.
  */
 static inline bool pci_is_root_bus(struct pci_bus *pbus)
 {