Merge branch 'core/xen' into x86/xen

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
index 37344aaee22f..a661bbdae3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ static u32 lg_get_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
         return features;
 }
 
+/* The virtio core takes the features the Host offers, and copies the
+ * ones supported by the driver into the vdev->features array.  Once
+ * that's all sorted out, this routine is called so we can tell the
+ * Host which features we understand and accept. */
 static void lg_finalize_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
         unsigned int i, bits;
@@ -108,6 +112,10 @@ static void lg_finalize_features(struct virtio_device *vdev)
         /* Give virtio_ring a chance to accept features. */
         vring_transport_features(vdev);
 
+        /* The vdev->feature array is a Linux bitmask: this isn't the
+         * same as a the simple array of bits used by lguest devices
+         * for features.  So we do this slow, manual conversion which is
+         * completely general. */
         memset(out_features, 0, desc->feature_len);
         bits = min_t(unsigned, desc->feature_len, sizeof(vdev->features)) * 8;
         for (i = 0; i < bits; i++) {