[PATCH 2/8] lockref: improve the lockref_get_not_zero description

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jan 15 2025 - 04:47:44 EST


lockref_put_return returns exactly -1 and not "an error" when the lockref
is dead or locked.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
lib/lockref.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
index a68192c979b3..b1b042a9a6c8 100644
--- a/lib/lockref.c
+++ b/lib/lockref.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get_not_zero);
* @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
*
* Decrement the reference count and return the new value.
- * If the lockref was dead or locked, return an error.
+ * If the lockref was dead or locked, return -1.
*/
int lockref_put_return(struct lockref *lockref)
{
--
2.45.2