linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 10/19] tty: Fix comments for tty_ldisc

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Date:	Sat,  9 Jan 2016 20:41:01 -0800
From:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 10/19] tty: Fix comments for tty_ldisc_get()

tty_ldisc_get() returns ERR_PTR() values if unsuccessful, not NULL;
fix function header documentation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index d5104b0..b3cead9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -140,9 +140,16 @@ static void put_ldops(struct tty_ldisc_ops *ldops)
  *	@disc: ldisc number
  *
  *	Takes a reference to a line discipline. Deals with refcounts and
- *	module locking counts. Returns NULL if the discipline is not available.
- *	Returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the ref count if it is
- *	available
+ *	module locking counts.
+ *
+ *	Returns: -EINVAL if the discipline index is not [N_TTY..NR_LDISCS] or
+ *			 if the discipline is not registered
+ *		 -EAGAIN if request_module() failed to load or register the
+ *			 the discipline
+ *		 -ENOMEM if allocation failure
+ *
+ *		 Otherwise, returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the
+ *		 ref count
  *
  *	Locking:
  *		takes tty_ldiscs_lock to guard against ldisc races
-- 
2.7.0