diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 688aac951d1160abec6b96cd4e61798b08a0df12..170efbcb1a9b5be6639a53946812ce26f00554f3 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1843,9 +1843,22 @@ static char *__d_path(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *vfsmnt,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 }
 
-/* write full pathname into buffer and return start of pathname */
-char * d_path(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *vfsmnt,
-				char *buf, int buflen)
+/**
+ * d_path - return the path of a dentry
+ * @dentry: dentry to report
+ * @vfsmnt: vfsmnt to which the dentry belongs
+ * @buf: buffer to return value in
+ * @buflen: buffer length
+ *
+ * Convert a dentry into an ASCII path name. If the entry has been deleted
+ * the string " (deleted)" is appended. Note that this is ambiguous.
+ *
+ * Returns the buffer or an error code if the path was too long.
+ *
+ * "buflen" should be positive. Caller holds the dcache_lock.
+ */
+char *d_path(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *vfsmnt,
+	     char *buf, int buflen)
 {
 	char *res;
 	struct path root;