block: Document the bio_vec properties

Since it is nontrivial that nth_page() does not have to be used for a
bio_vec, document this.
Signed-off-by: NBart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Reviewed-by: NChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

include/linux/bvec.h

@@ -12,8 +12,17 @@
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 
-/*
- * was unsigned short, but we might as well be ready for > 64kB I/O pages
+/**
+ * struct bio_vec - a contiguous range of physical memory addresses
+ * @bv_page:   First page associated with the address range.
+ * @bv_len:    Number of bytes in the address range.
+ * @bv_offset: Start of the address range relative to the start of @bv_page.
+ *
+ * The following holds for a bvec if n * PAGE_SIZE < bv_offset + bv_len:
+ *
+ *   nth_page(@bv_page, n) == @bv_page + n
+ *
+ * This holds because page_is_mergeable() checks the above property.
  */
 struct bio_vec {
 	struct page	*bv_page;