Commit f496990f authored by Mike Rapoport's avatar Mike Rapoport Committed by Jonathan Corbet
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slab: make kmem_cache_create{_usercopy} description proper kernel-doc



Add the description for kmem_cache_create, fixup the return value paragraph
and make both kmem_cache_create and add the second '*' to the comment
opening.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent f77af637
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@@ -406,8 +406,9 @@ out_free_cache:
	goto out;
}

/*
 * kmem_cache_create_usercopy - Create a cache.
/**
 * kmem_cache_create_usercopy - Create a cache with a region suitable
 * for copying to userspace
 * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
 * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
 * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
@@ -416,7 +417,6 @@ out_free_cache:
 * @usersize: Usercopy region size
 * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
 *
 * Returns a ptr to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
 * Cannot be called within a interrupt, but can be interrupted.
 * The @ctor is run when new pages are allocated by the cache.
 *
@@ -425,12 +425,14 @@ out_free_cache:
 * %SLAB_POISON - Poison the slab with a known test pattern (a5a5a5a5)
 * to catch references to uninitialised memory.
 *
 * %SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red' zones around the allocated memory to check
 * %SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red` zones around the allocated memory to check
 * for buffer overruns.
 *
 * %SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware
 * cacheline.  This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
 * as davem.
 *
 * Return: a pointer to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
 */
struct kmem_cache *
kmem_cache_create_usercopy(const char *name,
@@ -514,6 +516,31 @@ out_unlock:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_create_usercopy);

/**
 * kmem_cache_create - Create a cache.
 * @name: A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
 * @size: The size of objects to be created in this cache.
 * @align: The required alignment for the objects.
 * @flags: SLAB flags
 * @ctor: A constructor for the objects.
 *
 * Cannot be called within a interrupt, but can be interrupted.
 * The @ctor is run when new pages are allocated by the cache.
 *
 * The flags are
 *
 * %SLAB_POISON - Poison the slab with a known test pattern (a5a5a5a5)
 * to catch references to uninitialised memory.
 *
 * %SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red` zones around the allocated memory to check
 * for buffer overruns.
 *
 * %SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware
 * cacheline.  This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
 * as davem.
 *
 * Return: a pointer to the cache on success, NULL on failure.
 */
struct kmem_cache *
kmem_cache_create(const char *name, unsigned int size, unsigned int align,
		slab_flags_t flags, void (*ctor)(void *))