2015-04-23 13:57:49

by Dave Gordon

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Subject: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist: fix kerneldoc for sg_pcopy_{to,from}_buffer()

The kerneldoc for the functions doesn't match the code; the
last two parameters (buflen, skip) have been transposed, which
is confusing, especially as they're both integral types and the
compiler won't warn about swapping them.

These functions and the kerneldoc were introduced in commit:
df642cea lib/scatterlist: introduce sg_pcopy_from_buffer() ...
Author: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jul 8 16:01:54 2013 -0700

The only difference between sg_pcopy_{from,to}_buffer() and
sg_copy_{from,to}_buffer() is an additional argument that
specifies the number of bytes to skip the SG list before
copying.

The functions have the extra argument at the end, but the kerneldoc
lists it in penultimate position.

Signed-off-by: Dave Gordon <[email protected]>
---
lib/scatterlist.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index c9f2e8c..233ebe7 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_copy_to_buffer);
* @sgl: The SG list
* @nents: Number of SG entries
* @buf: Where to copy from
- * @skip: Number of bytes to skip before copying
* @buflen: The number of bytes to copy
+ * @skip: Number of bytes to skip before copying
*
* Returns the number of copied bytes.
*
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_pcopy_from_buffer);
* @sgl: The SG list
* @nents: Number of SG entries
* @buf: Where to copy to
- * @skip: Number of bytes to skip before copying
* @buflen: The number of bytes to copy
+ * @skip: Number of bytes to skip before copying
*
* Returns the number of copied bytes.
*
--
1.7.9.5


2015-04-23 14:13:40

by Akinobu Mita

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/scatterlist: fix kerneldoc for sg_pcopy_{to,from}_buffer()

2015-04-23 22:57 GMT+09:00 Dave Gordon <[email protected]>:
> The kerneldoc for the functions doesn't match the code; the
> last two parameters (buflen, skip) have been transposed, which
> is confusing, especially as they're both integral types and the
> compiler won't warn about swapping them.
>
> These functions and the kerneldoc were introduced in commit:
> df642cea lib/scatterlist: introduce sg_pcopy_from_buffer() ...
> Author: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon Jul 8 16:01:54 2013 -0700
>
> The only difference between sg_pcopy_{from,to}_buffer() and
> sg_copy_{from,to}_buffer() is an additional argument that
> specifies the number of bytes to skip the SG list before
> copying.

Thanks for fixing this.

Reviewed-by: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>