From: Eric Biggers Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 20:55:01 +0000 (-0500) Subject: mbcache: document that "find" functions only return reusable entries X-Git-Tag: Ubuntu-4.10.0-7.9~947^2~8 X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b649668c0bb3f54523cd932490a3f637859fdeb0;p=mirror_ubuntu-zesty-kernel.git mbcache: document that "find" functions only return reusable entries mb_cache_entry_find_first() and mb_cache_entry_find_next() only return cache entries with the 'e_reusable' bit set. This should be documented. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Reviewed-by: Jan Kara --- diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c index bf659061a9a8..b19be429d655 100644 --- a/fs/mbcache.c +++ b/fs/mbcache.c @@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ out: } /* - * mb_cache_entry_find_first - find the first entry in cache with given key + * mb_cache_entry_find_first - find the first reusable entry with the given key * @cache: cache where we should search * @key: key to look for * - * Search in @cache for entry with key @key. Grabs reference to the first - * entry found and returns the entry. + * Search in @cache for a reusable entry with key @key. Grabs reference to the + * first reusable entry found and returns the entry. */ struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, u32 key) @@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache, EXPORT_SYMBOL(mb_cache_entry_find_first); /* - * mb_cache_entry_find_next - find next entry in cache with the same + * mb_cache_entry_find_next - find next reusable entry with the same key * @cache: cache where we should search * @entry: entry to start search from * - * Finds next entry in the hash chain which has the same key as @entry. - * If @entry is unhashed (which can happen when deletion of entry races - * with the search), finds the first entry in the hash chain. The function - * drops reference to @entry and returns with a reference to the found entry. + * Finds next reusable entry in the hash chain which has the same key as @entry. + * If @entry is unhashed (which can happen when deletion of entry races with the + * search), finds the first reusable entry in the hash chain. The function drops + * reference to @entry and returns with a reference to the found entry. */ struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache *cache, struct mb_cache_entry *entry)