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| From | Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [PATCH 10/19] tty: Fix comments for tty_ldisc_get() |
| Date | 2015-11-27 22:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qzz3Y-8gp-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qzyUh-8cQ-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
tty_ldisc_get() returns ERR_PTR() values if unsuccessful, not NULL; fix function header documentation. Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> --- drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c index a9b2fd7..33764ea 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c @@ -140,9 +140,16 @@ static void put_ldops(struct tty_ldisc_ops *ldops) * @disc: ldisc number * * Takes a reference to a line discipline. Deals with refcounts and - * module locking counts. Returns NULL if the discipline is not available. - * Returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the ref count if it is - * available + * module locking counts. + * + * Returns: -EINVAL if the discipline index is not [N_TTY..NR_LDISCS] or + * if the discipline is not registered + * -EAGAIN if request_module() failed to load or register the + * the discipline + * -ENOMEM if allocation failure + * + * Otherwise, returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the + * ref count * * Locking: * takes tty_ldiscs_lock to guard against ldisc races -- 2.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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