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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 2499cefdcdf2..6fdc53d46fa0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -193,12 +193,12 @@ ssize_t device_show_bool(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_show_bool);
/**
- * device_release - free device structure.
- * @kobj: device's kobject.
+ * device_release - free device structure.
+ * @kobj: device's kobject.
*
- * This is called once the reference count for the object
- * reaches 0. We forward the call to the device's release
- * method, which should handle actually freeing the structure.
+ * This is called once the reference count for the object
+ * reaches 0. We forward the call to the device's release
+ * method, which should handle actually freeing the structure.
*/
static void device_release(struct kobject *kobj)
{
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@ const char *device_get_devnode(struct device *dev,
/**
* device_for_each_child - device child iterator.
* @parent: parent struct device.
- * @data: data for the callback.
* @fn: function to be called for each device.
+ * @data: data for the callback.
*
* Iterate over @parent's child devices, and call @fn for each,
* passing it @data.
@@ -1363,8 +1363,8 @@ int device_for_each_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
/**
* device_find_child - device iterator for locating a particular device.
* @parent: parent struct device
- * @data: Data to pass to match function
* @match: Callback function to check device
+ * @data: Data to pass to match function
*
* This is similar to the device_for_each_child() function above, but it
* returns a reference to a device that is 'found' for later use, as
@@ -1374,6 +1374,8 @@ int device_for_each_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
* if it does. If the callback returns non-zero and a reference to the
* current device can be obtained, this function will return to the caller
* and not iterate over any more devices.
+ *
+ * NOTE: you will need to drop the reference with put_device() after use.
*/
struct device *device_find_child(struct device *parent, void *data,
int (*match)(struct device *dev, void *data))