linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] bpf/docs: Document struct cgroup * kfuncs

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Date:   Wed, 7 Dec 2022 17:16:06 -0800
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>
Cc:     bpf@...r.kernel.org, ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net,
        andrii@...nel.org, martin.lau@...ux.dev, song@...nel.org,
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        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 2/2] bpf/docs: Document struct cgroup * kfuncs

On Wed, Dec 07, 2022 at 02:49:11PM -0600, David Vernet wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> index 1e4bf466b08f..1478862702fc 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/helpers.c
> @@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ struct cgroup *bpf_cgroup_kptr_get(struct cgroup **cgrpp)
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * bpf_cgroup_release - Release the reference acquired on a struct cgroup *.
> + * bpf_cgroup_release - Release the reference acquired on a struct cgroup kptr.

While applying I've changed above to be 'on a cgroup' to match what you have in
patch 1 for bpf_task_release and existing bpf_cgroup_acquire doc.
bpf_cgroup_kptr_get doc stays as "on a struct cgroup kptr.". Which makes sense.
Please let me know if I misunderstood the intent.