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-rw-r--r--tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index 77d7c1bb2923..a1ad32456f89 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -2993,10 +2993,10 @@ union bpf_attr {
* string length is larger than *size*, just *size*-1 bytes are
* copied and the last byte is set to NUL.
*
- * On success, the length of the copied string is returned. This
- * makes this helper useful in tracing programs for reading
- * strings, and more importantly to get its length at runtime. See
- * the following snippet:
+ * On success, returns the number of bytes that were written,
+ * including the terminal NUL. This makes this helper useful in
+ * tracing programs for reading strings, and more importantly to
+ * get its length at runtime. See the following snippet:
*
* ::
*
@@ -3024,7 +3024,7 @@ union bpf_attr {
* **->mm->env_start**: using this helper and the return value,
* one can quickly iterate at the right offset of the memory area.
* Return
- * On success, the strictly positive length of the string,
+ * On success, the strictly positive length of the output string,
* including the trailing NUL character. On error, a negative
* value.
*