linux-kernel - [PATCH] block: add documentation for register

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:04:52 +0100
From:	Németh Márton <nm127@...email.hu>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, ltp-list@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH] block: add documentation for register_blkdev()

From: Márton Németh <nm127@...email.hu>

Add documentation for register_blkdev() function and for the parameters.

Signed-off-by: Márton Németh <nm127@...email.hu>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
--- linux-2.6.29-rc5/block/genhd.c.orig	2009-02-14 18:36:39.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.29-rc5/block/genhd.c	2009-02-20 06:53:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -256,6 +256,22 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf,
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */

+/**
+ * register_blkdev - register a new block device
+ *
+ * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major=0, try to
+ *         allocate any unused major number.
+ * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
+ *
+ * The @name must be unique within the system.
+ *
+ * The return value depends on the @major input parameter.
+ *  - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the
+ *    function returns zero on success, or a negative error code
+ *  - if any unused major number was requested with @major=0 parameter
+ *    then the return value is the allocated major number in range
+ *    [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise
+ */
 int register_blkdev(unsigned int major, const char *name)
 {
 	struct blk_major_name **n, *p;
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