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authorBoris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>2016-12-15 16:00:57 +0100
committerRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>2016-12-21 02:52:51 +0100
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parentMerge schedutil governor updates for v4.10. (diff)
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CPU/hotplug: Clarify description of __cpuhp_setup_state() return value
When ivoked with CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN state __cpuhp_setup_state() is expected to return positive value which is the hotplug state that the routine assigns. Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 29de1a9352c0..1fca8b716ec1 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -1586,7 +1586,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__cpuhp_state_add_instance);
* @startup: startup callback function
* @teardown: teardown callback function
*
- * Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a proper error code
+ * Returns:
+ * On success:
+ * Positive state number if @state is CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN
+ * 0 for all other states
+ * On failure: proper (negative) error code
*/
int __cpuhp_setup_state(enum cpuhp_state state,
const char *name, bool invoke,