On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:01 PM Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@xxxxxxxxx> A changelog would be appreciated, something like "Make the documentation match the code and add a note regarding the return values of the callback function and the walk to it". Anyway, this is ACPICA material, so it should go to Erik & Bob (CCed). Thanks! > --- > drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > index f9d059647cc5..7149c8f70a6e 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c > @@ -532,8 +532,8 @@ static void acpi_ns_resolve_references(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info) > * return_value - Location where return value of > * user_function is put if terminated early > * > - * RETURNS Return value from the user_function if terminated early. > - * Otherwise, returns NULL. > + * RETURNS Returns status from the callback function if terminated early. > + * Otherwise, returns a status of the walk, AE_OK if succeeded. > * > * DESCRIPTION: Performs a modified depth-first walk of the namespace tree, > * starting (and ending) at the object specified by start_handle. > @@ -542,6 +542,11 @@ static void acpi_ns_resolve_references(struct acpi_evaluate_info *info) > * a non-zero value, the search is terminated immediately and this > * value is returned to the caller. > * > + * Note that both the callback functions and the walk itself > + * use overlapping return values (e.g. AE_OK), so user of this > + * function can't rely only on the return value to tell if > + * the callback function was called. > + * > * The point of this procedure is to provide a generic namespace > * walk routine that can be called from multiple places to > * provide multiple services; the callback function(s) can be > -- > 2.25.1 >
