Re: [PATCH] rculist.h: docu: fix wrong function summary
From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Sep 20 2023 - 06:56:09 EST
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:22:12AM +0200, Philipp Stanner wrote:
> The brief summary in the docstring for function list_next_or_null_rcu()
> states that the function is supposed to provide the "first" member of a
> list, whereas in truth it returns the next member.
>
> Change the docstring so it describes what the function actually does.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philipp Stanner <pstanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Queued and pushed, thank you!
Thanx, Paul
> ---
> include/linux/rculist.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/rculist.h b/include/linux/rculist.h
> index 4837d8892691..fd0ed1550a7c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rculist.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rculist.h
> @@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static inline void list_splice_tail_init_rcu(struct list_head *list,
> })
>
> /**
> - * list_next_or_null_rcu - get the first element from a list
> + * list_next_or_null_rcu - get the next element from a list
> * @head: the head for the list.
> * @ptr: the list head to take the next element from.
> * @type: the type of the struct this is embedded in.
> --
> 2.41.0
>