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authorMatthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>2017-12-22 06:32:16 -0800
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-01-01 12:40:27 -0700
commit14ebc28e07e68ff412aa42f7d8b67969e2f63d00 (patch)
tree7d5aa02eba4a70f4d8da61e51eae16e0c7956567 /lib/errseq.c
parentaa931b44ae3e32329b054e3cd8ba1a4f1aa9e0d8 (diff)
downloadlinux-14ebc28e07e68ff412aa42f7d8b67969e2f63d00.tar.bz2
errseq: Add to documentation tree
- Move errseq.rst into core-api - Add errseq to the core-api index - Promote the header to a more prominent header type, otherwise we get three entries in the table of contents. - Reformat the table to look nicer and be a little more proportional in terms of horizontal width per bit (the SF bit is still disproportionately large, but there's no way to fix that). - Include errseq kernel-doc in the errseq.rst - Neaten some kernel-doc markup Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/errseq.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/errseq.c37
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/lib/errseq.c b/lib/errseq.c
index 79cc66897db4..df782418b333 100644
--- a/lib/errseq.c
+++ b/lib/errseq.c
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
* @eseq: errseq_t field that should be set
* @err: error to set (must be between -1 and -MAX_ERRNO)
*
- * This function sets the error in *eseq, and increments the sequence counter
+ * This function sets the error in @eseq, and increments the sequence counter
* if the last sequence was sampled at some point in the past.
*
* Any error set will always overwrite an existing error.
*
- * We do return the latest value here, primarily for debugging purposes. The
- * return value should not be used as a previously sampled value in later calls
- * as it will not have the SEEN flag set.
+ * Return: The previous value, primarily for debugging purposes. The
+ * return value should not be used as a previously sampled value in later
+ * calls as it will not have the SEEN flag set.
*/
errseq_t errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
{
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@ errseq_t errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_set);
/**
- * errseq_sample - grab current errseq_t value
- * @eseq: pointer to errseq_t to be sampled
+ * errseq_sample() - Grab current errseq_t value.
+ * @eseq: Pointer to errseq_t to be sampled.
*
* This function allows callers to sample an errseq_t value, marking it as
* "seen" if required.
+ *
+ * Return: The current errseq value.
*/
errseq_t errseq_sample(errseq_t *eseq)
{
@@ -134,15 +136,15 @@ errseq_t errseq_sample(errseq_t *eseq)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_sample);
/**
- * errseq_check - has an error occurred since a particular sample point?
- * @eseq: pointer to errseq_t value to be checked
- * @since: previously-sampled errseq_t from which to check
+ * errseq_check() - Has an error occurred since a particular sample point?
+ * @eseq: Pointer to errseq_t value to be checked.
+ * @since: Previously-sampled errseq_t from which to check.
*
- * Grab the value that eseq points to, and see if it has changed "since"
- * the given value was sampled. The "since" value is not advanced, so there
+ * Grab the value that eseq points to, and see if it has changed @since
+ * the given value was sampled. The @since value is not advanced, so there
* is no need to mark the value as seen.
*
- * Returns the latest error set in the errseq_t or 0 if it hasn't changed.
+ * Return: The latest error set in the errseq_t or 0 if it hasn't changed.
*/
int errseq_check(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t since)
{
@@ -155,11 +157,11 @@ int errseq_check(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t since)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_check);
/**
- * errseq_check_and_advance - check an errseq_t and advance to current value
- * @eseq: pointer to value being checked and reported
- * @since: pointer to previously-sampled errseq_t to check against and advance
+ * errseq_check_and_advance() - Check an errseq_t and advance to current value.
+ * @eseq: Pointer to value being checked and reported.
+ * @since: Pointer to previously-sampled errseq_t to check against and advance.
*
- * Grab the eseq value, and see whether it matches the value that "since"
+ * Grab the eseq value, and see whether it matches the value that @since
* points to. If it does, then just return 0.
*
* If it doesn't, then the value has changed. Set the "seen" flag, and try to
@@ -170,6 +172,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_check);
* value. The caller must provide that if necessary. Because of this, callers
* may want to do a lockless errseq_check before taking the lock and calling
* this.
+ *
+ * Return: Negative errno if one has been stored, or 0 if no new error has
+ * occurred.
*/
int errseq_check_and_advance(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t *since)
{