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authorMatthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>2019-01-26 00:52:26 -0500
committerMatthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>2019-02-04 23:16:58 -0500
commit809ab9371ca0a96b44d9866ad82849410759a45b (patch)
tree57f70feee92687a74b7e39b88b88946f48e3e523 /lib
parentbd54211b8e199ffb701ec98bf4f301e4a6f38a92 (diff)
downloadlinux-809ab9371ca0a96b44d9866ad82849410759a45b.tar.bz2
XArray: Update xa_erase family descriptions
xa_erase does not allocate memory and doesn't have a gfp parameter. Update the descriptions of all four variants to be more useful. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/xarray.c17
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c
index 81c3171ddde9..fb783bf2a441 100644
--- a/lib/xarray.c
+++ b/lib/xarray.c
@@ -1294,13 +1294,12 @@ static void *xas_result(struct xa_state *xas, void *curr)
* @xa: XArray.
* @index: Index into array.
*
- * If the entry at this index is a multi-index entry then all indices will
- * be erased, and the entry will no longer be a multi-index entry.
- * This function expects the xa_lock to be held on entry.
+ * After this function returns, loading from @index will return %NULL.
+ * If the index is part of a multi-index entry, all indices will be erased
+ * and none of the entries will be part of a multi-index entry.
*
- * Context: Any context. Expects xa_lock to be held on entry. May
- * release and reacquire xa_lock if @gfp flags permit.
- * Return: The old entry at this index.
+ * Context: Any context. Expects xa_lock to be held on entry.
+ * Return: The entry which used to be at this index.
*/
void *__xa_erase(struct xarray *xa, unsigned long index)
{
@@ -1314,9 +1313,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__xa_erase);
* @xa: XArray.
* @index: Index of entry.
*
- * This function is the equivalent of calling xa_store() with %NULL as
- * the third argument. The XArray does not need to allocate memory, so
- * the user does not need to provide GFP flags.
+ * After this function returns, loading from @index will return %NULL.
+ * If the index is part of a multi-index entry, all indices will be erased
+ * and none of the entries will be part of a multi-index entry.
*
* Context: Any context. Takes and releases the xa_lock.
* Return: The entry which used to be at this index.