Re: [PATCH 2/8] lockref: improve the lockref_get_not_zero description

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
> lockref_put_return returns exactly -1 and not "an error" when the lockref
> is dead or locked.

The function name in the subject needs fixing.

> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
>  lib/lockref.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/lockref.c b/lib/lockref.c
> index a68192c979b3..b1b042a9a6c8 100644
> --- a/lib/lockref.c
> +++ b/lib/lockref.c
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(lockref_get_not_zero);
>   * @lockref: pointer to lockref structure
>   *
>   * Decrement the reference count and return the new value.
> - * If the lockref was dead or locked, return an error.
> + * If the lockref was dead or locked, return -1.
>   */
>  int lockref_put_return(struct lockref *lockref)
>  {
> --
> 2.45.2

Thanks,
Andreas






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