[PATCH 4/5] buffer: Fix __bread() kernel-doc

From: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
Date: Thu Jan 04 2024 - 11:40:50 EST


The extra indentation confused the kernel-doc parser, so remove it.
Fix some other wording while I'm here, and advise the user they need to
call brelse() on this buffer.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/buffer_head.h | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index d78454a4dd1f..7558cd1d3eb3 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -437,14 +437,17 @@ static inline void bh_readahead_batch(int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[],
}

/**
- * __bread() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
- * @bdev: the block_device to read from
- * @block: number of block
- * @size: size (in bytes) to read
+ * __bread() - Read a block.
+ * @bdev: The block device to read from.
+ * @block: Block number in units of block size.
+ * @size: Block size in bytes.
*
- * Reads a specified block, and returns buffer head that contains it.
- * The page cache is allocated from movable area so that it can be migrated.
- * It returns NULL if the block was unreadable.
+ * Read a specified block, and return the buffer head that refers to it.
+ * The memory is allocated from the movable area so that it can be
+ * migrated. The buffer head has its refcount elevated and the caller
+ * should call brelse() when it has finished with the buffer.
+ *
+ * Return: NULL if the block was unreadable.
*/
static inline struct buffer_head *
__bread(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
--
2.43.0