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authorMartin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>2005-05-01 08:59:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>2005-05-01 08:59:26 -0700
commit67be2dd1bace0ec7ce2dbc1bba3f8df3d7be597e (patch)
tree317d114a0288d3b19ef9902f94b536a5a8731dbd /fs
parent6013d5445f9a6d0b28090027868f455c5012d1cc (diff)
[PATCH] DocBook: fix some descriptions
Some KernelDoc descriptions are updated to match the current code. No code changes. Signed-off-by: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/bio.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/buffer.c11
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c4
-rw-r--r--fs/mpage.c92
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/base.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/seq_file.c9
-rw-r--r--fs/sysfs/file.c4
7 files changed, 67 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index e5349e83456..3a1472acc36 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ inline void bio_init(struct bio *bio)
* bio_alloc_bioset - allocate a bio for I/O
* @gfp_mask: the GFP_ mask given to the slab allocator
* @nr_iovecs: number of iovecs to pre-allocate
+ * @bs: the bio_set to allocate from
*
* Description:
* bio_alloc_bioset will first try it's on mempool to satisfy the allocation.
@@ -629,6 +630,7 @@ out:
/**
* bio_map_user - map user address into bio
+ * @q: the request_queue_t for the bio
* @bdev: destination block device
* @uaddr: start of user address
* @len: length in bytes
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 792cbacbbf4..5f525b3c6d9 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -774,15 +774,14 @@ repeat:
/**
* sync_mapping_buffers - write out and wait upon a mapping's "associated"
* buffers
- * @buffer_mapping - the mapping which backs the buffers' data
- * @mapping - the mapping which wants those buffers written
+ * @mapping: the mapping which wants those buffers written
*
* Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping->private_list, and waits upon
* that I/O.
*
- * Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync(). @buffer_mapping is
- * the blockdev which "owns" the buffers and @mapping is a file or directory
- * which needs those buffers to be written for a successful fsync().
+ * Basically, this is a convenience function for fsync().
+ * @mapping is a file or directory which needs those buffers to be written for
+ * a successful fsync().
*/
int sync_mapping_buffers(struct address_space *mapping)
{
@@ -1263,6 +1262,7 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
/**
* mark_buffer_dirty - mark a buffer_head as needing writeout
+ * @bh: the buffer_head to mark dirty
*
* mark_buffer_dirty() will set the dirty bit against the buffer, then set its
* backing page dirty, then tag the page as dirty in its address_space's radix
@@ -1501,6 +1501,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead);
/**
* __bread() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
+ * @bdev: the block_device to read from
* @block: number of block
* @size: size (in bytes) to read
*
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d6efb36cab2..8e050fa5821 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ restart:
}
/**
- * sync_inodes
+ * sync_inodes - writes all inodes to disk
+ * @wait: wait for completion
*
* sync_inodes() goes through each super block's dirty inode list, writes the
* inodes out, waits on the writeout and puts the inodes back on the normal
@@ -604,6 +605,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
/**
* generic_osync_inode - flush all dirty data for a given inode to disk
* @inode: inode to write
+ * @mapping: the address_space that should be flushed
* @what: what to write and wait upon
*
* This can be called by file_write functions for files which have the
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 3923facf94e..32c7c8fcfce 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -160,52 +160,6 @@ map_buffer_to_page(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *bh, int page_block)
} while (page_bh != head);
}
-/**
- * mpage_readpages - populate an address space with some pages, and
- * start reads against them.
- *
- * @mapping: the address_space
- * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
- * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
- *
- * The page at @pages->prev has the lowest file offset, and reads should be
- * issued in @pages->prev to @pages->next order.
- *
- * @nr_pages: The number of pages at *@pages
- * @get_block: The filesystem's block mapper function.
- *
- * This function walks the pages and the blocks within each page, building and
- * emitting large BIOs.
- *
- * If anything unusual happens, such as:
- *
- * - encountering a page which has buffers
- * - encountering a page which has a non-hole after a hole
- * - encountering a page with non-contiguous blocks
- *
- * then this code just gives up and calls the buffer_head-based read function.
- * It does handle a page which has holes at the end - that is a common case:
- * the end-of-file on blocksize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE setups.
- *
- * BH_Boundary explanation:
- *
- * There is a problem. The mpage read code assembles several pages, gets all
- * their disk mappings, and then submits them all. That's fine, but obtaining
- * the disk mappings may require I/O. Reads of indirect blocks, for example.
- *
- * So an mpage read of the first 16 blocks of an ext2 file will cause I/O to be
- * submitted in the following order:
- * 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16
- * because the indirect block has to be read to get the mappings of blocks
- * 13,14,15,16. Obviously, this impacts performance.
- *
- * So what we do it to allow the filesystem's get_block() function to set
- * BH_Boundary when it maps block 11. BH_Boundary says: mapping of the block
- * after this one will require I/O against a block which is probably close to
- * this one. So you should push what I/O you have currently accumulated.
- *
- * This all causes the disk requests to be issued in the correct order.
- */
static struct bio *
do_mpage_readpage(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned nr_pages,
sector_t *last_block_in_bio, get_block_t get_block)
@@ -320,6 +274,52 @@ confused:
goto out;
}
+/**
+ * mpage_readpages - populate an address space with some pages, and
+ * start reads against them.
+ *
+ * @mapping: the address_space
+ * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
+ * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
+ *
+ * The page at @pages->prev has the lowest file offset, and reads should be
+ * issued in @pages->prev to @pages->next order.
+ *
+ * @nr_pages: The number of pages at *@pages
+ * @get_block: The filesystem's block mapper function.
+ *
+ * This function walks the pages and the blocks within each page, building and
+ * emitting large BIOs.
+ *
+ * If anything unusual happens, such as:
+ *
+ * - encountering a page which has buffers
+ * - encountering a page which has a non-hole after a hole
+ * - encountering a page with non-contiguous blocks
+ *
+ * then this code just gives up and calls the buffer_head-based read function.
+ * It does handle a page which has holes at the end - that is a common case:
+ * the end-of-file on blocksize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE setups.
+ *
+ * BH_Boundary explanation:
+ *
+ * There is a problem. The mpage read code assembles several pages, gets all
+ * their disk mappings, and then submits them all. That's fine, but obtaining
+ * the disk mappings may require I/O. Reads of indirect blocks, for example.
+ *
+ * So an mpage read of the first 16 blocks of an ext2 file will cause I/O to be
+ * submitted in the following order:
+ * 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16
+ * because the indirect block has to be read to get the mappings of blocks
+ * 13,14,15,16. Obviously, this impacts performance.
+ *
+ * So what we do it to allow the filesystem's get_block() function to set
+ * BH_Boundary when it maps block 11. BH_Boundary says: mapping of the block
+ * after this one will require I/O against a block which is probably close to
+ * this one. So you should push what I/O you have currently accumulated.
+ *
+ * This all causes the disk requests to be issued in the correct order.
+ */
int
mpage_readpages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
unsigned nr_pages, get_block_t get_block)
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 2b8cd045111..07cafdf74ef 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1742,7 +1742,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_pid_unhash(struct task_struct *p)
/**
* proc_pid_flush - recover memory used by stale /proc/@pid/x entries
- * @proc_entry: directoy to prune.
+ * @proc_dentry: directoy to prune.
*
* Shrink the /proc directory that was used by the just killed thread.
*/
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 650c43ba86c..38ef913767f 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_open);
/**
* seq_read - ->read() method for sequential files.
- * @file, @buf, @size, @ppos: see file_operations method
+ * @file: the file to read from
+ * @buf: the buffer to read to
+ * @size: the maximum number of bytes to read
+ * @ppos: the current position in the file
*
* Ready-made ->f_op->read()
*/
@@ -219,7 +222,9 @@ Eoverflow:
/**
* seq_lseek - ->llseek() method for sequential files.
- * @file, @offset, @origin: see file_operations method
+ * @file: the file in question
+ * @offset: new position
+ * @origin: 0 for absolute, 1 for relative position
*
* Ready-made ->f_op->llseek()
*/
diff --git a/fs/sysfs/file.c b/fs/sysfs/file.c
index da25aeb0e06..364208071e1 100644
--- a/fs/sysfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/file.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static int fill_read_buffer(struct dentry * dentry, struct sysfs_buffer * buffer
/**
* flush_read_buffer - push buffer to userspace.
* @buffer: data buffer for file.
- * @userbuf: user-passed buffer.
+ * @buf: user-passed buffer.
* @count: number of bytes requested.
* @ppos: file position.
*
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ out:
/**
* fill_write_buffer - copy buffer from userspace.
* @buffer: data buffer for file.
- * @userbuf: data from user.
+ * @buf: data from user.
* @count: number of bytes in @userbuf.
*
* Allocate @buffer->page if it hasn't been already, then