linux-kernel - [PATCH] Change in comment for the list

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Date:   Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:51:03 +0530
From:   "Nitin U. Yewale" <nyewale@...hat.com>
To:     airlied@...ux.ie, daniel@...ll.ch, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     loberman@...hat.com, "Nitin U. Yewale" <nyewale@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Change in comment for the list_empty() routine.

Hello,

In one of the observations it was noticed that list_empty() routine
returns true when the list is empty (head->next == head) OR False
otherwise. Hence the proposed patch.

Thank you,
Nitin Yewale

Signed-off-by: Nitin U. Yewale <nyewale@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/list.h | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/list.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/list.h
index 8af5d144ecb0..12bf7e3333e4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/list.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvif/list.h
@@ -226,10 +226,7 @@ static inline void list_move_tail(struct list_head *list,
 /**
  * Check if the list is empty.
  *
- * Example:
- * list_empty(&bar->list_of_foos);
- *
- * @return True if the list contains one or more elements or False otherwise.
+ * @return True if the list is empty (head->next == head) or False otherwise.
  */
 static inline bool
 list_empty(struct list_head *head)
-- 
2.17.2