From f0eae0ed3b7d4182a6b4dd03540a738518ea3163 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jani Nikula Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:11:45 +0200 Subject: driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values A number of functions in the driver core return ERR_PTR() values on error. Document this in the kernel-doc of the functions. Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/base/platform.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/base/platform.c') diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c index f6bcf22e6bd1..4b4b565c835f 100644 --- a/drivers/base/platform.c +++ b/drivers/base/platform.c @@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_unregister); * enumeration tasks, they don't fully conform to the Linux driver model. * In particular, when such drivers are built as modules, they can't be * "hotplugged". + * + * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. */ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_simple(const char *name, int id, @@ -408,6 +410,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_simple); * allocated for the device allows drivers using such devices to be * unloaded without waiting for the last reference to the device to be * dropped. + * + * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. */ struct platform_device *platform_device_register_data( struct device *parent, @@ -559,6 +563,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_driver_probe); * * Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and * register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver. + * + * Returns &struct platform_device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error. */ struct platform_device * __init_or_module platform_create_bundle( struct platform_driver *driver, -- cgit v1.2.3