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

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Wed Jan 15 20:46:38 AEDT 2025


lockref_put_return returns exactly -1 and not "an error" when the lockref
is dead or locked.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
---
 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



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