Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] docs: dma-api: add a kernel-doc comment for dma_pool_zalloc()

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Sat Jun 28 2025 - 15:04:27 EST




On 6/27/25 3:10 AM, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> Document the dma_pool_zalloc() wrapper.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Tesarik <ptesarik@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst | 2 ++
> include/linux/dmapool.h | 8 ++++++++
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
> index af8151db88b28..a61766328ac06 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst
> @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ DMA pools
> .. kernel-doc:: mm/dmapool.c
> :export:
>
> +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dmapool.h
> +
> More Memory Management Functions
> ================================
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/dmapool.h b/include/linux/dmapool.h
> index 06c4de602b2f3..c0c7717d3ae7b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/dmapool.h
> +++ b/include/linux/dmapool.h
> @@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ static inline struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name,
> NUMA_NO_NODE);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * dma_pool_zalloc - Get a zero-initialized block of DMA coherent memory.
> + * @pool: dma pool that will produce the block
> + * @mem_flags: GFP_* bitmask
> + * @handle: pointer to dma address of block
> + *
> + * Same as @dma_pool_alloc, but the returned memory is zeroed.

* Same as dma_pool_alloc(), but ...

'@' is for function arguments.

With that change:

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.


> + */
> static inline void *dma_pool_zalloc(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags,
> dma_addr_t *handle)
> {

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~Randy