A bitmap directory entry is sometimes called a 'bitmap header'. This patch leaves only one name - 'bitmap directory entry'. The name 'bitmap header' creates misunderstandings with 'qcow2 header' and 'qcow2 bitmap header extension' (which is extension of qcow2 header)
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <vsement...@virtuozzo.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> --- docs/specs/qcow2.txt | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/specs/qcow2.txt b/docs/specs/qcow2.txt index dda53dd..8874e8c 100644 --- a/docs/specs/qcow2.txt +++ b/docs/specs/qcow2.txt @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ The fields of the bitmaps extension are: 8 - 15: bitmap_directory_size Size of the bitmap directory in bytes. It is the cumulative - size of all (nb_bitmaps) bitmap headers. + size of all (nb_bitmaps) bitmap directory entries. 16 - 23: bitmap_directory_offset Offset into the image file at which the bitmap directory @@ -426,8 +426,7 @@ Each bitmap saved in the image is described in a bitmap directory entry. The bitmap directory is a contiguous area in the image file, whose starting offset and length are given by the header extension fields bitmap_directory_offset and bitmap_directory_size. The entries of the bitmap directory have variable -length, depending on the lengths of the bitmap name and extra data. These -entries are also called bitmap headers. +length, depending on the lengths of the bitmap name and extra data. Structure of a bitmap directory entry: -- 1.8.3.1