The code comment above sparse_add_one_section() is obsolete and
incorrect, clean it up and write new one.
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2->v3:
Normalize the code comment to use '/**' at 1st line of doc
above function.
v1-v2:
Add comments to explain what the returned value means for
each error code.
mm/sparse.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 69904aa6165b..363f9d31b511 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -684,10 +684,19 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
#endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
#endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
-/*
- * returns the number of sections whose mem_maps were properly
- * set. If this is <=0, then that means that the passed-in
- * map was not consumed and must be freed.
+/**
+ * sparse_add_one_section - add a memory section
+ * @nid: The node to add section on
+ * @start_pfn: start pfn of the memory range
+ * @altmap: device page map
+ *
+ * This is only intended for hotplug.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 on success.
+ * Other error code on failure:
+ * - -EEXIST - section has been present.
+ * - -ENOMEM - out of memory.
*/
int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
struct vmem_altmap *altmap)