linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: timekeeping: Use correct prototype for deprecated functions

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Message-Id: <20200414221222.23996-1-chris.packham@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 10:12:22 +1200
From:   Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
To:     corbet@....net, tglx@...utronix.de, Jason@...c4.com, arnd@...db.de
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Subject: [PATCH] docs: timekeeping: Use correct prototype for deprecated functions

Use the correct prototypes for do_gettimeofday(), getnstimeofday() and
getnstimeofday64(). All of these returned void and passed the return
value by reference. This should make the documentation of their
deprecation and replacements easier to search for.

Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
---
 Documentation/core-api/timekeeping.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/timekeeping.rst b/Documentation/core-api/timekeeping.rst
index c0ffa30c7c37..729e24864fe7 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/timekeeping.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/timekeeping.rst
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ architectures. These are the recommended replacements:
 
 	Use ktime_get() or ktime_get_ts64() instead.
 
-.. c:function:: struct timeval do_gettimeofday( void )
-		struct timespec getnstimeofday( void )
-		struct timespec64 getnstimeofday64( void )
+.. c:function:: void do_gettimeofday( struct timeval * )
+		void getnstimeofday( struct timespec * )
+		void getnstimeofday64( struct timespec64 * )
 		void ktime_get_real_ts( struct timespec * )
 
 	ktime_get_real_ts64() is a direct replacement, but consider using
-- 
2.25.1