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-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index a4e9e8ebd941..ca2fbab1d425 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
* @major: the requested major device number [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]. If
* @major = 0, try to allocate any unused major number.
* @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
- * @probe: allback that is called on access to any minor number of @major
+ * @probe: pre-devtmpfs / pre-udev callback used to create disks when their
+ * pre-created device node is accessed. When a probe call uses
+ * add_disk() and it fails the driver must cleanup resources. This
+ * interface may soon be removed.
*
* The @name must be unique within the system.
*