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Date:   Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:48:44 +0200 (EET)
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To:     "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/17] tty: move locking docs out of Returns for functions
 in tty.h
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On Tue, 21 Nov 2023, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:

> Both tty_kref_get() and tty_get_baud_rate() note about locking in their
> Return kernel-doc clause. Extract this info into a separate "Locking"
> paragraph -- the same as we do for other tty functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/tty.h | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
> index 4b6340ac2af2..7625fc98fef3 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tty.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tty.h
> @@ -393,8 +393,10 @@ extern const struct class tty_class;
>   * tty_kref_get - get a tty reference
>   * @tty: tty device
>   *
> - * Returns: a new reference to a tty object. The caller must hold sufficient
> - * locks/counts to ensure that their existing reference cannot go away
> + * Returns: a new reference to a tty object
> + *
> + * Locking: The caller must hold sufficient locks/counts to ensure that their
> + * existing reference cannot go away.

Just noting this is a bit vaguely worded (but so is the original).

>   */
>  static inline struct tty_struct *tty_kref_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
>  {
> @@ -436,10 +438,10 @@ void tty_encode_baud_rate(struct tty_struct *tty, speed_t ibaud,
>   * tty_get_baud_rate - get tty bit rates
>   * @tty: tty to query
>   *
> - * Returns: the baud rate as an integer for this terminal. The termios lock
> - * must be held by the caller and the terminal bit flags may be updated.
> + * Returns: the baud rate as an integer for this terminal
>   *
> - * Locking: none
> + * Locking: The termios lock must be held by the caller and the terminal bit
> + * flags may be updated.

I don't think the second part about the flags really belongs here, I'd 
keep it the description.

Other than that,

Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>

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