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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index 6d4b97e7e9e9..76a160083506 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -114,10 +114,9 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(pools, 0444, show_pools, NULL);
* @size: size of the blocks in this pool.
* @align: alignment requirement for blocks; must be a power of two
* @boundary: returned blocks won't cross this power of two boundary
- * Context: !in_interrupt()
+ * Context: not in_interrupt()
*
- * Returns a dma allocation pool with the requested characteristics, or
- * null if one can't be created. Given one of these pools, dma_pool_alloc()
+ * Given one of these pools, dma_pool_alloc()
* may be used to allocate memory. Such memory will all have "consistent"
* DMA mappings, accessible by the device and its driver without using
* cache flushing primitives. The actual size of blocks allocated may be
@@ -127,6 +126,9 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(pools, 0444, show_pools, NULL);
* cross that size boundary. This is useful for devices which have
* addressing restrictions on individual DMA transfers, such as not crossing
* boundaries of 4KBytes.
+ *
+ * Return: a dma allocation pool with the requested characteristics, or
+ * %NULL if one can't be created.
*/
struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
size_t size, size_t align, size_t boundary)
@@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dma_pool_destroy);
* @mem_flags: GFP_* bitmask
* @handle: pointer to dma address of block
*
- * This returns the kernel virtual address of a currently unused block,
+ * Return: the kernel virtual address of a currently unused block,
* and reports its dma address through the handle.
* If such a memory block can't be allocated, %NULL is returned.
*/
@@ -498,6 +500,9 @@ static int dmam_pool_match(struct device *dev, void *res, void *match_data)
*
* Managed dma_pool_create(). DMA pool created with this function is
* automatically destroyed on driver detach.
+ *
+ * Return: a managed dma allocation pool with the requested
+ * characteristics, or %NULL if one can't be created.
*/
struct dma_pool *dmam_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
size_t size, size_t align, size_t allocation)