From ad274cecdbce18d13075bde3aabe5882802056de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Artem Bityutskiy Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:42:27 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] mtd: document parse_mtd_partitions Add a kerneldoc comment for the 'parse_mtd_partitions()' function - its behavior has changed recently so it is good idea to have it documented. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy --- drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c index b73720502433..2b71ccb00d39 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c @@ -725,8 +725,30 @@ int deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *p) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(deregister_mtd_parser); +/* + * Do not forget to update 'parse_mtd_partitions()' kerneldoc comment if you + * are changing this array! + */ static const char *default_mtd_part_types[] = {"cmdlinepart", NULL}; +/** + * parse_mtd_partitions - parse MTD partitions + * @master: the master partition (describes whole MTD device) + * @types: names of partition parsers to try or %NULL + * @pparts: array of partitions found is returned here + * @origin: MTD device start address (use %0 if unsure) + * + * This function tries to find partition on MTD device @master. It uses MTD + * partition parsers, specified in @types. However, if @types is %NULL, then + * the default list of parsers is used. The default list contains only the + * "cmdlinepart" parser ATM. + * + * This function may return: + * o a negative error code in case of failure + * o zero if no partitions were found + * o a positive number of found partitions, in which case on exit @pparts will + * point to an array containing this number of &struct mtd_info objects. + */ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types, struct mtd_partition **pparts, unsigned long origin) { -- GitLab