[PATCH v2] of: property: Fix documentation for out values

From: Matti Vaittinen
Date: Wed Nov 13 2019 - 01:43:58 EST


Property fetching functions which return number of successfully fetched
properties should not state that out-values are only modified if 0 is
returned. Fix this. Also, "pointer to return value" is slightly suboptimal
phrase as "return value" commonly refers to value function returns (not via
arguments). Rather use "pointer to found values".

Signed-off-by: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes from v1. Removed statement about modifying arg ptr only upon
successful execution (as requested by Frank). Also changed "pointer to
return value" with "pointer to found values"

drivers/of/property.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
index d7fa75e31f22..c1dd22ed03f3 100644
--- a/drivers/of/property.c
+++ b/drivers/of/property.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_u64_index);
*
* @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
* @propname: name of the property to be searched.
- * @out_values: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
+ * @out_values: pointer to found values.
* @sz_min: minimum number of array elements to read
* @sz_max: maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
* upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_variable_u8_array);
*
* @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
* @propname: name of the property to be searched.
- * @out_values: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
+ * @out_values: pointer to found values.
* @sz_min: minimum number of array elements to read
* @sz_max: maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
* upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_variable_u16_array);
*
* @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
* @propname: name of the property to be searched.
- * @out_values: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
+ * @out_values: pointer to return found values.
* @sz_min: minimum number of array elements to read
* @sz_max: maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
* upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_read_u64);
*
* @np: device node from which the property value is to be read.
* @propname: name of the property to be searched.
- * @out_values: pointer to return value, modified only if return value is 0.
+ * @out_values: pointer to found values.
* @sz_min: minimum number of array elements to read
* @sz_max: maximum number of array elements to read, if zero there is no
* upper limit on the number of elements in the dts entry but only

base-commit: 31f4f5b495a62c9a8b15b1c3581acd5efeb9af8c
--
2.21.0


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ROHM Semiconductors, Finland SWDC
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FINLAND

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