[PATCH v2 10/19] tty: Fix comments for tty_ldisc_get()

From: Peter Hurley
Date: Sat Jan 09 2016 - 23:42:02 EST


tty_ldisc_get() returns ERR_PTR() values if unsuccessful, not NULL;
fix function header documentation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index d5104b0..b3cead9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -140,9 +140,16 @@ static void put_ldops(struct tty_ldisc_ops *ldops)
* @disc: ldisc number
*
* Takes a reference to a line discipline. Deals with refcounts and
- * module locking counts. Returns NULL if the discipline is not available.
- * Returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the ref count if it is
- * available
+ * module locking counts.
+ *
+ * Returns: -EINVAL if the discipline index is not [N_TTY..NR_LDISCS] or
+ * if the discipline is not registered
+ * -EAGAIN if request_module() failed to load or register the
+ * the discipline
+ * -ENOMEM if allocation failure
+ *
+ * Otherwise, returns a pointer to the discipline and bumps the
+ * ref count
*
* Locking:
* takes tty_ldiscs_lock to guard against ldisc races
--
2.7.0