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authorStephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org>2017-11-17 19:53:21 +0300
committerRob Herring <robh@kernel.org>2017-11-20 21:15:44 +0300
commit02a876b504152335b49d99185ef5de4ced235555 (patch)
tree9ac1e2f6735abfffc80af5ce37e23951b289a6e1 /drivers/of/base.c
parentc00758387c3dff94a59fd3521a5ac713c30328af (diff)
downloadlinux-02a876b504152335b49d99185ef5de4ced235555.tar.xz
of: Document exactly what of_find_node_by_name() puts
It isn't clear if this function of_node_put()s the 'from' argument, or the node it searches. Clearly indicate which variable is touched. Fold in some more fixes from Randy too because we're in the area. Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@codeaurora.org> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/of/base.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/of/base.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 3de07e6e82a0..e6818a935b96 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_opts_by_path);
/**
* of_find_node_by_name - Find a node by its "name" property
- * @from: The node to start searching from or NULL, the node
+ * @from: The node to start searching from or NULL; the node
* you pass will not be searched, only the next one
- * will; typically, you pass what the previous call
- * returned. of_node_put() will be called on it
+ * will. Typically, you pass what the previous call
+ * returned. of_node_put() will be called on @from.
* @name: The name string to match against
*
* Returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, use