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-rw-r--r--include/block/block.h11
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 5b81e33e94..a3f3dcc88f 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -63,16 +63,7 @@ typedef enum {
* content. */
BDRV_REQ_WRITE_UNCHANGED = 0x40,
- /*
- * BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING forces request serialisation for writes.
- * It is used to ensure that writes to the backing file of a backup process
- * target cannot race with a read of the backup target that defers to the
- * backing file.
- *
- * Note, that BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING is _not_ opposite in meaning to
- * BDRV_REQ_NO_SERIALISING. A more descriptive name for the latter might be
- * _DO_NOT_WAIT_FOR_SERIALISING, except that is too long.
- */
+ /* Forces request serialisation. Use only with write requests. */
BDRV_REQ_SERIALISING = 0x80,
/* Execute the request only if the operation can be offloaded or otherwise