Re: [PATCH 2/2] idr: describe how nextidp works in idr_get_next().

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Mon Aug 30 2010 - 11:56:27 EST


On 08/30/2010 05:39 PM, Naohiro Aota wrote:
> It was unclear in original kernel-doc how nextidp worked in
> idr_get_next(). Let's describe it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota <naota@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/idr.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
> index fb86a67..cf8c46b 100644
> --- a/lib/idr.c
> +++ b/lib/idr.c
> @@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_for_each);
> * @nextidp: pointer to lookup key
> *
> * Returns pointer to registered object with id, which is next number to
> - * given id.
> + * given id. The id pointed by nextidp will be updated
> + * appropriately for next iteration.
> */

Maybe "After being looked up, *@nextidp will be updated for the next
iteration" would be clearer?

Thanks.

--
tejun
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