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author | Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> | 2019-01-26 06:52:26 +0100 |
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committer | Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> | 2019-02-05 05:16:58 +0100 |
commit | 809ab9371ca0a96b44d9866ad82849410759a45b (patch) | |
tree | 57f70feee92687a74b7e39b88b88946f48e3e523 /lib | |
parent | XArray tests: RCU lock prohibits GFP_KERNEL (diff) | |
download | linux-809ab9371ca0a96b44d9866ad82849410759a45b.tar.xz linux-809ab9371ca0a96b44d9866ad82849410759a45b.zip |
XArray: Update xa_erase family descriptions
xa_erase does not allocate memory and doesn't have a gfp parameter.
Update the descriptions of all four variants to be more useful.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/xarray.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c index 81c3171ddde9..fb783bf2a441 100644 --- a/lib/xarray.c +++ b/lib/xarray.c @@ -1294,13 +1294,12 @@ static void *xas_result(struct xa_state *xas, void *curr) * @xa: XArray. * @index: Index into array. * - * If the entry at this index is a multi-index entry then all indices will - * be erased, and the entry will no longer be a multi-index entry. - * This function expects the xa_lock to be held on entry. + * After this function returns, loading from @index will return %NULL. + * If the index is part of a multi-index entry, all indices will be erased + * and none of the entries will be part of a multi-index entry. * - * Context: Any context. Expects xa_lock to be held on entry. May - * release and reacquire xa_lock if @gfp flags permit. - * Return: The old entry at this index. + * Context: Any context. Expects xa_lock to be held on entry. + * Return: The entry which used to be at this index. */ void *__xa_erase(struct xarray *xa, unsigned long index) { @@ -1314,9 +1313,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__xa_erase); * @xa: XArray. * @index: Index of entry. * - * This function is the equivalent of calling xa_store() with %NULL as - * the third argument. The XArray does not need to allocate memory, so - * the user does not need to provide GFP flags. + * After this function returns, loading from @index will return %NULL. + * If the index is part of a multi-index entry, all indices will be erased + * and none of the entries will be part of a multi-index entry. * * Context: Any context. Takes and releases the xa_lock. * Return: The entry which used to be at this index. |