linux-kernel - [PATCH] add kernel-doc for simple_read_from_buffer and memory_read_from

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Message-ID: <20080618150412.GA9533@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:04:14 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] add kernel-doc for simple_read_from_buffer and
	memory_read_from_buffer

Add kernel-doc comments describing simple_read_from_buffer and
memory_read_from_buffer.

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 fs/libfs.c |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

Index: 2.6-git/fs/libfs.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-git.orig/fs/libfs.c
+++ 2.6-git/fs/libfs.c
@@ -512,6 +512,20 @@ void simple_release_fs(struct vfsmount *
 	mntput(mnt);
 }
 
+/**
+ * simple_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer to user space
+ * @to: the user space buffer to read to
+ * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read
+ * @ppos: the current position in the buffer
+ * @from: the buffer to read from
+ * @available: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * The simple_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the
+ * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the user space address starting at @to.
+ *
+ * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is
+ * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error.
+ **/
 ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __user *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
 				const void *from, size_t available)
 {
@@ -528,6 +542,20 @@ ssize_t simple_read_from_buffer(void __u
 	return count;
 }
 
+/**
+ * memory_read_from_buffer - copy data from the buffer
+ * @to: the kernel space buffer to read to
+ * @count: the maximum number of bytes to read
+ * @ppos: the current position in the buffer
+ * @from: the buffer to read from
+ * @available: the size of the buffer
+ *
+ * The memory_read_from_buffer() function reads up to @count bytes from the
+ * buffer @from at offset @ppos into the kernel space address starting at @to.
+ *
+ * On success, the number of bytes read is returned and the offset @ppos is
+ * advanced by this number, or negative value is returned on error.
+ **/
 ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
 				const void *from, size_t available)
 {
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