linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] DNS: Fixes for the DNS query module

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Date:	Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:13:52 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	smfrench@...il.com
Cc:	jlayton@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] DNS: Fixes for the DNS query module

Fixes for the DNS query module, including:

 (1) Use 'negative' instead of '-ve' in the documentation.

 (2) Mark the kdoc comment with '/**' on dns_query().

Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt |    6 +++---
 net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c              |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt
index d8e0ce1..aefd1e6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/dns_resolver.txt
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ implemented in the module can be called after doing:
      for the default query type it is just a list of comma-separated IPv4 and
      IPv6 addresses.  The caller must free the result.
 
-     The length of the result string is returned on success, and a -ve error
-     code is returned otherwise.  -EKEYREJECTED will be returned if the DNS
-     lookup failed.
+     The length of the result string is returned on success, and a negative
+     error code is returned otherwise.  -EKEYREJECTED will be returned if the
+     DNS lookup failed.
 
      If _expiry is non-NULL, the expiry time (TTL) of the result will be
      returned also.
diff --git a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
index b33e1f7..03d5255 100644
--- a/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
+++ b/net/dns_resolver/dns_query.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
-/*
+/**
  * dns_query - Query the DNS
  * @type: Query type (or NULL for straight host->IP lookup)
  * @name: Name to look up

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