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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] ACPI: improve function documentation for
 acpi_parse_entries_array()
To:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
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From:   Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>
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On 04/27/2018 05:04 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:35 PM, Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com> wrote:
>> I found the description of the table_size argument to the function
>> acpi_parse_entries_array() unclear and ambiguous.  This is a minor
>> documentation change to improve that description so I don't misuse
>> the argument again in the future, and it is hopefully clearer to
>> other future users.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Al Stone <ahs3@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
>> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/acpi/tables.c | 6 ++++--
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
>> index 849c4fb19b03..21535762b890 100644
>> --- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
>> +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
>> @@ -222,7 +222,9 @@ void acpi_table_print_madt_entry(struct acpi_subtable_header *header)
>>   * acpi_parse_entries_array - for each proc_num find a suitable subtable
>>   *
>>   * @id: table id (for debugging purposes)
>> - * @table_size: single entry size
>> + * @table_size: size of the root table; i.e., the offset from the very
>> + *              first byte of the complete ACPI table, to the first byte
>> + *              of the first subtable
> 
> But alas this needs to be one line.
> 
> You can add more details in the comment body below.

Whups.  Right.  Will do.

>>   * @table_header: where does the table start?
>>   * @proc: array of acpi_subtable_proc struct containing entry id
>>   *        and associated handler with it
>> @@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler)
>>                 return -ENODEV;
>>  }
> 
> Thanks,
> Rafael
> 


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ciao,
al
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Al Stone
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Red Hat, Inc.
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