vnc: explain why set_encodings loop is reversed

Add a small comment to explain why we need to start from
the end of the array to set the right prefered encoding.

Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vnc.c b/vnc.c
index 1fb46bd..774a0b3 100644
--- a/vnc.c
+++ b/vnc.c
@@ -1649,6 +1649,11 @@ static void set_encodings(VncState *vs, int32_t *encodings, size_t n_encodings)
     vs->tight_quality = 9;
     vs->absolute = -1;
 
+    /*
+     * Start from the end because the encodings are sent in order of preference.
+     * This way the prefered encoding (first encoding defined in the array)
+     * will be set at the end of the loop.
+     */
     for (i = n_encodings - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         enc = encodings[i];
         switch (enc) {