bitops/find: clarify and extend documentation
Add return value documentation and clarify the units of the @size
parameter.
Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
index 71c7780..998d4d5 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
* @addr: The address to base the search on
* @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
* @size: The bitmap size in bits
+ *
+ * Returns the bit number for the next set bit
+ * If no bits are set, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
size, unsigned long offset);
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@
* @addr: The address to base the search on
* @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
* @size: The bitmap size in bits
+ *
+ * Returns the bit number of the next zero bit
+ * If no bits are zero, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
long size, unsigned long offset);
@@ -28,9 +34,10 @@
/**
* find_first_bit - find the first set bit in a memory region
* @addr: The address to start the search at
- * @size: The maximum size to search
+ * @size: The maximum number of bits to search
*
* Returns the bit number of the first set bit.
+ * If no bits are set, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
unsigned long size);
@@ -38,9 +45,10 @@
/**
* find_first_zero_bit - find the first cleared bit in a memory region
* @addr: The address to start the search at
- * @size: The maximum size to search
+ * @size: The maximum number of bits to search
*
* Returns the bit number of the first cleared bit.
+ * If no bits are zero, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
unsigned long size);