linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 05/18] fs/logfs/logfs.h

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0706041017270.20829@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 10:17:47 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
cc:	Jörn Engel <joern@...ybastard.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, akpm@...l.org,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>,
	CaT <cat@....com.au>, Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>,
	David Weinehall <tao@....umu.se>, Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>,
	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>,
	Dongjun Shin <djshin90@...il.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Bill Davidsen <davidsen@....com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Albert Cahalan <acahalan@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>,
	Ondrej Zajicek <santiago@...reenet.org>,
	Ulisses Furquim <ulissesf@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch 05/18] fs/logfs/logfs.h


>On Sunday 03 June 2007, Jörn Engel wrote:
>> +/**
>> + * struct logfs_device_ops - device access operations
>> + *
>> + * @read:                      read from the device
>> + * @write:                     write to the device
>> + * @erase:                     erase part of the device
>> + */
>> +struct logfs_device_ops {
>> +       int (*read)(struct super_block *sb, loff_t ofs, size_t len, void *buf);
>> +       int (*write)(struct super_block *sb, loff_t ofs, size_t len, void *buf);
>> +       int (*erase)(struct super_block *sb, loff_t ofs, size_t len);
>> +};
>
>I wonder if there is a way to document the prototypes of these function
>pointers with kerneldoc, other than having a typedef for each.
>
>What brought me to this point is that I first assumed they would return
>the number of bytes transferred, like read/write file operations, where
>your functions return zero on success.

read/write functions returning bytes written would return ssize_t,
just as vfs_read and vfs_write do.



	Jan
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