#define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
/**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
* @a: the amount to add to v...
* @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
*
- * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
* Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
*/
#define atomic_add_unless(v, a, u) \
*
* This is defined the same way as
* the libc and compiler builtin ffs routines, therefore
- * differs in spirit from the above ffz (man ffs).
+ * differs in spirit from the above ffz() (man ffs).
*/
static inline int ffs(int x)
{
* fls - find last bit set
* @x: the word to search
*
- * This is defined the same way as ffs.
+ * This is defined the same way as ffs().
*/
static inline int fls(int x)
{
* module_init() - driver initialization entry point
* @x: function to be run at kernel boot time or module insertion
*
- * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls (if
+ * module_init() will either be called during do_initcalls() (if
* builtin) or at module insertion time (if a module). There can only
* be one per module.
*/
* @buffer: the data to be added.
* @len: the length of the data to be added.
*
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the 'buffer' into
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the @buffer into
* the FIFO depending on the free space, and returns the number of
* bytes copied.
*/
* @buffer: where the data must be copied.
* @len: the size of the destination buffer.
*
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the FIFO into the
- * 'buffer' and returns the number of copied bytes.
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the FIFO into the
+ * @buffer and returns the number of copied bytes.
*/
static inline unsigned int kfifo_get(struct kfifo *fifo,
unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int len)
* @add1: addend1
* @add2: addend2
*
- * Returns the sum of addend1 and addend2
+ * Returns the sum of @add1 and @add2.
*/
static inline ktime_t ktime_add(const ktime_t add1, const ktime_t add2)
{
* @kt: addend
* @nsec: the scalar nsec value to add
*
- * Returns the sum of kt and nsec in ktime_t format
+ * Returns the sum of @kt and @nsec in ktime_t format
*/
extern ktime_t ktime_add_ns(const ktime_t kt, u64 nsec);
* ktime_to_ns - convert a ktime_t variable to scalar nanoseconds
* @kt: the ktime_t variable to convert
*
- * Returns the scalar nanoseconds representation of kt
+ * Returns the scalar nanoseconds representation of @kt
*/
static inline s64 ktime_to_ns(const ktime_t kt)
{
/**
* list_del - deletes entry from list.
* @entry: the element to delete from the list.
- * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
+ * Note: list_empty() on entry does not return true after this, the entry is
* in an undefined state.
*/
#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST
* list_del_rcu - deletes entry from list without re-initialization
* @entry: the element to delete from the list.
*
- * Note: list_empty on entry does not return true after this,
+ * Note: list_empty() on entry does not return true after this,
* the entry is in an undefined state. It is useful for RCU based
* lockfree traversal.
*
* list_replace - replace old entry by new one
* @old : the element to be replaced
* @new : the new element to insert
- * Note: if 'old' was empty, it will be overwritten.
+ *
+ * If @old was empty, it will be overwritten.
*/
static inline void list_replace(struct list_head *old,
struct list_head *new)
pos = list_entry(pos->member.prev, typeof(*pos), member))
/**
- * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use in list_for_each_entry_continue
+ * list_prepare_entry - prepare a pos entry for use in list_for_each_entry_continue()
* @pos: the type * to use as a start point
* @head: the head of the list
* @member: the name of the list_struct within the struct.
*
- * Prepares a pos entry for use as a start point in list_for_each_entry_continue.
+ * Prepares a pos entry for use as a start point in list_for_each_entry_continue().
*/
#define list_prepare_entry(pos, head, member) \
((pos) ? : list_entry(head, typeof(*pos), member))
* ipc_init - initialise IPC subsystem
*
* The various system5 IPC resources (semaphores, messages and shared
- * memory are initialised
+ * memory) are initialised
*/
static int __init ipc_init(void)
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
static struct file_operations sysvipc_proc_fops;
/**
- * ipc_init_proc_interface - Create a proc interface for sysipc types
- * using a seq_file interface.
+ * ipc_init_proc_interface - Create a proc interface for sysipc types using a seq_file interface.
* @path: Path in procfs
* @header: Banner to be printed at the beginning of the file.
* @ids: ipc id table to iterate.
* @ptr: pointer returned by ipc_alloc
* @size: size of block
*
- * Free a block created with ipc_alloc. The caller must know the size
+ * Free a block created with ipc_alloc(). The caller must know the size
* used in the allocation call.
*/
* @head: RCU callback structure for queued work
*
* Since RCU callback function is called in bh,
- * we need to defer the vfree to schedule_work
+ * we need to defer the vfree to schedule_work().
*/
static void ipc_schedule_free(struct rcu_head *head)
{
* ipc_immediate_free - free ipc + rcu space
* @head: RCU callback structure that contains pointer to be freed
*
- * Free from the RCU callback context
+ * Free from the RCU callback context.
*/
static void ipc_immediate_free(struct rcu_head *head)
{
* @in: kernel permissions
* @out: new style IPC permissions
*
- * Turn the kernel object 'in' into a set of permissions descriptions
- * for returning to userspace (out).
+ * Turn the kernel object @in into a set of permissions descriptions
+ * for returning to userspace (@out).
*/
* @in: new style IPC permissions
* @out: old style IPC permissions
*
- * Turn the new style permissions object in into a compatibility
- * object and store it into the 'out' pointer.
+ * Turn the new style permissions object @in into a compatibility
+ * object and store it into the @out pointer.
*/
void ipc64_perm_to_ipc_perm (struct ipc64_perm *in, struct ipc_perm *out)
* @cmd: pointer to command
*
* Return IPC_64 for new style IPC and IPC_OLD for old style IPC.
- * The cmd value is turned from an encoding command and version into
+ * The @cmd value is turned from an encoding command and version into
* just the command code.
*/
}
/**
- * reparent_to_init - Reparent the calling kernel thread to the init task
- * of the pid space that the thread belongs to.
+ * reparent_to_init - Reparent the calling kernel thread to the init task of the pid space that the thread belongs to.
*
* If a kernel thread is launched as a result of a system call, or if
* it ever exits, it should generally reparent itself to init so that
*
* The function calculates the monotonic clock from the realtime
* clock and the wall_to_monotonic offset and stores the result
- * in normalized timespec format in the variable pointed to by ts.
+ * in normalized timespec format in the variable pointed to by @ts.
*/
void ktime_get_ts(struct timespec *ts)
{
* @which_clock: which clock to query
* @tp: pointer to timespec variable to store the resolution
*
- * Store the resolution of the clock selected by which_clock in the
- * variable pointed to by tp.
+ * Store the resolution of the clock selected by @which_clock in the
+ * variable pointed to by @tp.
*/
int hrtimer_get_res(const clockid_t which_clock, struct timespec *tp)
{
* @gfp_mask: get_free_pages mask, passed to kmalloc()
* @lock: the lock to be used to protect the fifo buffer
*
- * Do NOT pass the kfifo to kfifo_free() after use ! Simply free the
- * struct kfifo with kfree().
+ * Do NOT pass the kfifo to kfifo_free() after use! Simply free the
+ * &struct kfifo with kfree().
*/
struct kfifo *kfifo_init(unsigned char *buffer, unsigned int size,
gfp_t gfp_mask, spinlock_t *lock)
* @buffer: the data to be added.
* @len: the length of the data to be added.
*
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the 'buffer' into
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the @buffer into
* the FIFO depending on the free space, and returns the number of
* bytes copied.
*
* @buffer: where the data must be copied.
* @len: the size of the destination buffer.
*
- * This function copies at most 'len' bytes from the FIFO into the
- * 'buffer' and returns the number of copied bytes.
+ * This function copies at most @len bytes from the FIFO into the
+ * @buffer and returns the number of copied bytes.
*
* Note that with only one concurrent reader and one concurrent
* writer, you don't need extra locking to use these functions.
/**
* kthread_should_stop - should this kthread return now?
*
- * When someone calls kthread_stop on your kthread, it will be woken
+ * When someone calls kthread_stop() on your kthread, it will be woken
* and this will return true. You should then return, and your return
* value will be passed through to kthread_stop().
*/
* it. See also kthread_run(), kthread_create_on_cpu().
*
* When woken, the thread will run @threadfn() with @data as its
- * argument. @threadfn can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
+ * argument. @threadfn() can either call do_exit() directly if it is a
* standalone thread for which noone will call kthread_stop(), or
* return when 'kthread_should_stop()' is true (which means
* kthread_stop() has been called). The return value should be zero
*
* Description: This function is equivalent to set_cpus_allowed(),
* except that @cpu doesn't need to be online, and the thread must be
- * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create().
+ * stopped (i.e., just returned from kthread_create()).
*/
void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu)
{
* printk - print a kernel message
* @fmt: format string
*
- * This is printk. It can be called from any context. We want it to work.
+ * This is printk(). It can be called from any context. We want it to work.
*
* We try to grab the console_sem. If we succeed, it's easy - we log the output and
* call the console drivers. If we fail to get the semaphore we place the output
* @buf: the channel buffer
* @init: 1 if this is a first-time initialization
*
- * See relay_reset for description of effect.
+ * See relay_reset() for description of effect.
*/
static void __relay_reset(struct rchan_buf *buf, unsigned int init)
{
* and restarting the channel in its initial state. The buffers
* are not freed, so any mappings are still in effect.
*
- * NOTE: Care should be taken that the channel isn't actually
+ * NOTE. Care should be taken that the channel isn't actually
* being used by anything when this call is made.
*/
void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
* Creates a channel buffer for each cpu using the sizes and
* attributes specified. The created channel buffer files
* will be named base_filename0...base_filenameN-1. File
- * permissions will be S_IRUSR.
+ * permissions will be %S_IRUSR.
*/
struct rchan *relay_open(const char *base_filename,
struct dentry *parent,
* subbufs_consumed should be the number of sub-buffers newly consumed,
* not the total consumed.
*
- * NOTE: Kernel clients don't need to call this function if the channel
+ * NOTE. Kernel clients don't need to call this function if the channel
* mode is 'overwrite'.
*/
void relay_subbufs_consumed(struct rchan *chan,
* @filp: the file
* @vma: the vma describing what to map
*
- * Calls upon relay_mmap_buf to map the file into user space.
+ * Calls upon relay_mmap_buf() to map the file into user space.
*/
static int relay_file_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
* @read_pos: file read position
* @buf: relay channel buffer
*
- * If the read_pos is in the middle of padding, return the
+ * If the @read_pos is in the middle of padding, return the
* position of the first actually available byte, otherwise
* return the original value.
*/
}
/**
- * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of
- * a thread.
+ * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a thread.
* @p: the task in question.
* @policy: new policy.
* @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
*
- * NOTE: the task may be already dead
+ * NOTE that the task may be already dead.
*/
int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
struct sched_param *param)
/**
* sys_sched_yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
*
- * this function yields the current CPU by moving the calling thread
+ * This function yields the current CPU by moving the calling thread
* to the expired array. If there are no other threads running on this
* CPU then this function will return.
*/
/**
* yield - yield the current processor to other threads.
*
- * this is a shortcut for kernel-space yielding - it marks the
+ * This is a shortcut for kernel-space yielding - it marks the
* thread runnable and calls sys_sched_yield().
*/
void __sched yield(void)
* @pid: the PID of the thread
* @sig: signal to be sent
*
- * This syscall also checks the tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
+ * This syscall also checks the @tgid and returns -ESRCH even if the PID
* exists but it's not belonging to the target process anymore. This
* method solves the problem of threads exiting and PIDs getting reused.
*/
* This routine uses RCU to synchronize with changes to the chain.
*
* If the return value of the notifier can be and'ed
- * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then atomic_notifier_call_chain
+ * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then atomic_notifier_call_chain()
* will return immediately, with the return value of
* the notifier function which halted execution.
* Otherwise the return value is the return value
* run in a process context, so they are allowed to block.
*
* If the return value of the notifier can be and'ed
- * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then blocking_notifier_call_chain
+ * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then blocking_notifier_call_chain()
* will return immediately, with the return value of
* the notifier function which halted execution.
* Otherwise the return value is the return value
* All locking must be provided by the caller.
*
* If the return value of the notifier can be and'ed
- * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then raw_notifier_call_chain
+ * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then raw_notifier_call_chain()
* will return immediately, with the return value of
* the notifier function which halted execution.
* Otherwise the return value is the return value
* run in a process context, so they are allowed to block.
*
* If the return value of the notifier can be and'ed
- * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then srcu_notifier_call_chain
+ * with %NOTIFY_STOP_MASK then srcu_notifier_call_chain()
* will return immediately, with the return value of
* the notifier function which halted execution.
* Otherwise the return value is the return value
* Registers a function with the list of functions
* to be called at reboot time.
*
- * Currently always returns zero, as blocking_notifier_chain_register
+ * Currently always returns zero, as blocking_notifier_chain_register()
* always returns zero.
*/
* @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
* @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
*
- * __round_jiffies rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
+ * __round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
* up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
* for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
* they fire approximately every X seconds.
* processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
* to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
*
- * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
*/
unsigned long __round_jiffies(unsigned long j, int cpu)
{
* @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
* @cpu: the processor number on which the timeout will happen
*
- * __round_jiffies_relative rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
+ * __round_jiffies_relative() rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
* up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
* for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
* they fire approximately every X seconds.
* processors firing at the exact same time, which could lead
* to lock contention or spurious cache line bouncing.
*
- * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
*/
unsigned long __round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j, int cpu)
{
* round_jiffies - function to round jiffies to a full second
* @j: the time in (absolute) jiffies that should be rounded
*
- * round_jiffies rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
+ * round_jiffies() rounds an absolute time in the future (in jiffies)
* up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
* for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
* they fire approximately every X seconds.
* at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
* of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
*
- * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
*/
unsigned long round_jiffies(unsigned long j)
{
* round_jiffies_relative - function to round jiffies to a full second
* @j: the time in (relative) jiffies that should be rounded
*
- * round_jiffies_relative rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
+ * round_jiffies_relative() rounds a time delta in the future (in jiffies)
* up or down to (approximately) full seconds. This is useful for timers
* for which the exact time they fire does not matter too much, as long as
* they fire approximately every X seconds.
* at the same time, rather than at various times spread out. The goal
* of this is to have the CPU wake up less, which saves power.
*
- * The return value is the rounded version of the "j" parameter.
+ * The return value is the rounded version of the @j parameter.
*/
unsigned long round_jiffies_relative(unsigned long j)
{
* @timer: the timer to be modified
* @expires: new timeout in jiffies
*
- * mod_timer is a more efficient way to update the expire field of an
+ * mod_timer() is a more efficient way to update the expire field of an
* active timer (if the timer is inactive it will be activated)
*
* mod_timer(timer, expires) is equivalent to:
* the timer it also makes sure the handler has finished executing on other
* CPUs.
*
- * Synchronization rules: callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
+ * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
* otherwise this function is meaningless. It must not be called from
* interrupt contexts. The caller must not hold locks which would prevent
* completion of the timer's handler. The timer's handler must not call
EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_scheduled_work);
/**
- * cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue - reliably kill off a delayed
- * work whose handler rearms the delayed work.
+ * cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue - reliably kill off a delayed work whose handler rearms the delayed work.
* @wq: the controlling workqueue structure
* @dwork: the delayed work struct
*/
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cancel_rearming_delayed_workqueue);
/**
- * cancel_rearming_delayed_work - reliably kill off a delayed keventd
- * work whose handler rearms the delayed work.
+ * cancel_rearming_delayed_work - reliably kill off a delayed keventd work whose handler rearms the delayed work.
* @dwork: the delayed work struct
*/
void cancel_rearming_delayed_work(struct delayed_work *dwork)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_complement);
-/*
+/**
* __bitmap_shift_right - logical right shift of the bits in a bitmap
* @dst - destination bitmap
* @src - source bitmap
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_shift_right);
-/*
+/**
* __bitmap_shift_left - logical left shift of the bits in a bitmap
* @dst - destination bitmap
* @src - source bitmap
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist);
-/*
+/**
* bitmap_pos_to_ord(buf, pos, bits)
* @buf: pointer to a bitmap
* @pos: a bit position in @buf (0 <= @pos < @bits)
* @pos: beginning of bit region to release
* @order: region size (log base 2 of number of bits) to release
*
- * This is the complement to __bitmap_find_free_region and releases
+ * This is the complement to __bitmap_find_free_region() and releases
* the found region (by clearing it in the bitmap).
*
* No return value.
* comma as well.
*
* Return values:
- * 0 : no int in string
- * 1 : int found, no subsequent comma
- * 2 : int found including a subsequent comma
- * 3 : hyphen found to denote a range
+ * 0 - no int in string
+ * 1 - int found, no subsequent comma
+ * 2 - int found including a subsequent comma
+ * 3 - hyphen found to denote a range
*/
int get_option (char **str, int *pint)
/**
* idr_remove - remove the given id and free it's slot
- * idp: idr handle
- * id: uniqueue key
+ * @idp: idr handle
+ * @id: unique key
*/
void idr_remove(struct idr *idp, int id)
{
}
/**
- * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj
- * and kset pair. The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
+ * kobject_get_path - generate and return the path associated with a given kobj and kset pair.
*
* @kobj: kobject in question, with which to build the path
* @gfp_mask: the allocation type used to allocate the path
+ *
+ * The result must be freed by the caller with kfree().
*/
char *kobject_get_path(struct kobject *kobj, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
#define K3 0x8F1BBCDCL /* Rounds 40-59: sqrt(5) * 2^30 */
#define K4 0xCA62C1D6L /* Rounds 60-79: sqrt(10) * 2^30 */
-/*
- * sha_transform: single block SHA1 transform
+/**
+ * sha_transform - single block SHA1 transform
*
* @digest: 160 bit digest to update
* @data: 512 bits of data to hash
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sha_transform);
-/*
- * sha_init: initialize the vectors for a SHA1 digest
- *
+/**
+ * sha_init - initialize the vectors for a SHA1 digest
* @buf: vector to initialize
*/
void sha_init(__u32 *buf)
} while (--size > 0);
}
-/*
+/**
* sort - sort an array of elements
* @base: pointer to data to sort
* @num: number of elements
* @src: The string to append to it
* @count: The maximum numbers of bytes to copy
*
- * Note that in contrast to strncpy, strncat ensures the result is
+ * Note that in contrast to strncpy(), strncat() ensures the result is
* terminated.
*/
char *strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSPN
/**
- * strspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which only
- * contain letters in @accept
+ * strspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which only contain letters in @accept
* @s: The string to be searched
* @accept: The string to search for
*/
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCSPN
/**
- * strcspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which does
- * not contain letters in @reject
+ * strcspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which does not contain letters in @reject
* @s: The string to be searched
* @reject: The string to avoid
*/
* Call textsearch_next() to retrieve subsequent matches.
*
* Returns the position of first occurrence of the pattern or
- * UINT_MAX if no occurrence was found.
+ * %UINT_MAX if no occurrence was found.
*/
unsigned int textsearch_find_continuous(struct ts_config *conf,
struct ts_state *state,
* be generated for the given input, excluding the trailing
* '\0', as per ISO C99. If you want to have the exact
* number of characters written into @buf as return value
- * (not including the trailing '\0'), use vscnprintf. If the
+ * (not including the trailing '\0'), use vscnprintf(). If the
* return is greater than or equal to @size, the resulting
* string is truncated.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
- * You probably want snprintf instead.
+ * You probably want snprintf() instead.
*/
int vsnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
{
* returns 0.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
- * You probably want scnprintf instead.
+ * You probably want scnprintf() instead.
*/
int vscnprintf(char *buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, va_list args)
{
* @args: Arguments for the format string
*
* The function returns the number of characters written
- * into @buf. Use vsnprintf or vscnprintf in order to avoid
+ * into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
* buffer overflows.
*
* Call this function if you are already dealing with a va_list.
- * You probably want sprintf instead.
+ * You probably want sprintf() instead.
*/
int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
{
* @...: Arguments for the format string
*
* The function returns the number of characters written
- * into @buf. Use snprintf or scnprintf in order to avoid
+ * into @buf. Use snprintf() or scnprintf() in order to avoid
* buffer overflows.
*/
int sprintf(char * buf, const char *fmt, ...)
* @pos: beginning offset in pages to write
* @count: number of bytes to write
*
- * Note: Holding i_mutex across sync_page_range_nolock is not a good idea
+ * Note: Holding i_mutex across sync_page_range_nolock() is not a good idea
* as it forces O_SYNC writers to different parts of the same file
* to be serialised right until io completion.
*/
* @mapping: target address_space
* @index: the page index
*
- * Same as grab_cache_page, but do not wait if the page is unavailable.
+ * Same as grab_cache_page(), but do not wait if the page is unavailable.
* This is intended for speculative data generators, where the data can
* be regenerated if the page couldn't be grabbed. This routine should
* be safe to call while holding the lock for another page.
}
/**
- * unmap_mapping_range - unmap the portion of all mmaps
- * in the specified address_space corresponding to the specified
- * page range in the underlying file.
+ * unmap_mapping_range - unmap the portion of all mmaps in the specified address_space corresponding to the specified page range in the underlying file.
* @mapping: the address space containing mmaps to be unmapped.
* @holebegin: byte in first page to unmap, relative to the start of
* the underlying file. This will be rounded down to a PAGE_SIZE
* @pool_data: optional private data available to the user-defined functions.
*
* this function creates and allocates a guaranteed size, preallocated
- * memory pool. The pool can be used from the mempool_alloc and mempool_free
+ * memory pool. The pool can be used from the mempool_alloc() and mempool_free()
* functions. This function might sleep. Both the alloc_fn() and the free_fn()
- * functions might sleep - as long as the mempool_alloc function is not called
+ * functions might sleep - as long as the mempool_alloc() function is not called
* from IRQ contexts.
*/
mempool_t *mempool_create(int min_nr, mempool_alloc_t *alloc_fn,
* mempool_create().
* @gfp_mask: the usual allocation bitmask.
*
- * this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or
+ * this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn() function sleeps or
* returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function
* *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might
* fail if called from an IRQ context.)
}
/**
- * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given
- * address space and writepage() all of them.
- *
+ * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
* @mapping: address space structure to write
* @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
*
/**
* write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
- *
* @page: the page to write
* @wait: if true, wait on writeout
*
* kmem_cache_destroy - delete a cache
* @cachep: the cache to destroy
*
- * Remove a struct kmem_cache object from the slab cache.
+ * Remove a &struct kmem_cache object from the slab cache.
*
* It is expected this function will be called by a module when it is
* unloaded. This will remove the cache completely, and avoid a duplicate
* that it is big enough to cover the vma. Will return failure if
* that criteria isn't met.
*
- * Similar to remap_pfn_range (see mm/memory.c)
+ * Similar to remap_pfn_range() (see mm/memory.c)
*/
int remap_vmalloc_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, void *addr,
unsigned long pgoff)
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