driver-core: document ERR_PTR() return values
A number of functions in the driver core return ERR_PTR() values on
error. Document this in the kernel-doc of the functions.
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index ef55df3..b56a0ba 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1345,6 +1345,8 @@
* 'module' symlink which points to the @owner directory
* in sysfs.
*
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
* Note: You probably want to use root_device_register().
*/
struct device *__root_device_register(const char *name, struct module *owner)
@@ -1432,6 +1434,8 @@
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
@@ -1492,6 +1496,8 @@
* Any further sysfs files that might be required can be created using this
* pointer.
*
+ * Returns &struct device pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
* Note: the struct class passed to this function must have previously
* been created with a call to class_create().
*/
