From f0eae0ed3b7d4182a6b4dd03540a738518ea3163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jani Nikula Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:45 +0200 Subject: driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values A number of functions in the driver core return ERR_PTR() values on error. Document this in the kernel-doc of the functions. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/core.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/base/core.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c index ef55df34ddd0..b56a0ba31d4a 100644 --- a/drivers/base/core.c +++ b/drivers/base/core.c @@ -1345,6 +1345,8 @@ static void root_device_release(struct device *dev) * 'module' symlink which points to the @owner directory * in sysfs. * + * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. + * * Note: You probably want to use root_device_register(). */ struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name, struct module *owner) @@ -1432,6 +1434,8 @@ static void device_create_release(struct device *dev) * Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this * pointer. * + * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. + * * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously * been created with a call to class_create(). */ @@ -1492,6 +1496,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_vargs); * Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this * pointer. * + * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. + * * Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously * been created with a call to class_create(). */ -- cgit v1.2.1