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Subject: eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-fix
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-fix
update interface documentation
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sha Zhengju <handai.szj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/eventfd.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/eventfd.c~eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-fix fs/eventfd.c
--- a/fs/eventfd.c~eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-fix
+++ a/fs/eventfd.c
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ struct eventfd_ctx {
* value, and we signal this as overflow condition by returining a POLLERR
* to poll(2).
*
- * Returns @n in case of success, a non-negative number lower than @n in case
- * of overflow, or the following error codes:
- *
- * -EINVAL : The value of @n is negative.
+ * Returns the amount by which the counter was incrememnted. This will be less
+ * than @n if the counter has overflowed.
*/
__u64 eventfd_signal(struct eventfd_ctx *ctx, __u64 n)
{
_
Subject: Subject: eventfd-change-int-to-__u64-in-eventfd_signal-fix
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