[PATCH] kthread: add kerneldoc for kthread_create()

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Aug 26 2016 - 09:55:24 EST


This macro is referenced in other kerneldoc comments, but lacks one of its
own; fix that.

Reported-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kthread.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index e691b6a23f72..489c697f44b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
int node,
const char namefmt[], ...);

+/**
+ * kthread_create - create a kthread on the current node
+ * @threadfn: the function to run in the thread
+ * @data: data pointer for @threadfn()
+ * @namefmt: printf-style format string for the thread name
+ * @...: arguments for @namefmt.
+ *
+ * This macro will create a kthread on the current node, leaving it in
+ * the stopped state. This is just a helper for kthread_create_on_node();
+ * see the documentation there for more details.
+ */
#define kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, arg...) \
kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, NUMA_NO_NODE, namefmt, ##arg)

--
2.7.4