[Xen-devel] [PATCH resend] docs: add DIRECTORY_PART specification do xenstore protocol doc

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

DIRECTORY_PART was missing in docs/misc/xenstore.txt. Add it.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/misc/xenstore.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xenstore.txt b/docs/misc/xenstore.txt
index ae1b6a8c6e..65570183b6 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xenstore.txt
+++ b/docs/misc/xenstore.txt
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ DIRECTORY          <path>|                 
<child-leaf-name>|*
        leafnames.  The resulting children are each named
        <path>/<child-leaf-name>.
 
+DIRECTORY_PART         <path>|<offset>         <gencnt>|<child-leaf-name>|*
+       Same as DIRECTORY, but to be used for children lists longer than
+       XENSTORE_PAYLOAD_MAX. Input are <path> and the byte offset into
+       the list of children to return. Return values are the generation
+       count <gencnt> of the node (to be used to ensure the node hasn't
+       changed between two reads: <gencnt> being the same for multiple
+       reads guarantees the node hasn't changed) and the list of children
+       starting at the specified <offset> of the complete list.
+
 GET_PERMS              <path>|                 <perm-as-string>|+
 SET_PERMS              <path>|<perm-as-string>|+?
        <perm-as-string> is one of the following
-- 
2.16.4


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