linux-kernel - Re: [Fwd: Corrections please ...]

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Date:	Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:15:19 +0200
From:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
To:	Kevin Diggs <kevdig@...ersurf.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Corrections please ...]

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 01:07:35AM -0700, Kevin Diggs wrote:
> Dave Chinner wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 06:53:51PM -0700, Kevin Diggs wrote:
>>> Could someone ... anyone take a look at these kernel doc additions?
>> .....
>>> +/**
>>> + * complete: - signals a single thread waiting on this completion
>>> + * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
>>> + *
>>> + * This will wake up a single thread waiting on this completion. If  
>>> multiple
>> Your mailer appears to be wrapping lines.
>>> + * threads are waiting ???
>>> + */
>>> void complete(struct completion *x)
>>> {
>>>        unsigned long flags;
>> complete() will only wake one waiting thread. If there are multiple
>> waiters, then further calls to complete() are required to wake them,
>> or a single call to complete_all() could be used.
>>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion);
>>>
>>> +/**
>
> Take 2 ...

You might want to read Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
(Especially points 2, 7, 11 and 12)

Marcin
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