Commit b649668c authored by Eric Biggers's avatar Eric Biggers Committed by Theodore Ts'o

mbcache: document that "find" functions only return reusable entries

mb_cache_entry_find_first() and mb_cache_entry_find_next() only return
cache entries with the 'e_reusable' bit set.  This should be documented.
Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
parent 132d4e2d
......@@ -155,12 +155,12 @@ static struct mb_cache_entry *__entry_find(struct mb_cache *cache,
}
/*
* mb_cache_entry_find_first - find the first entry in cache with given key
* mb_cache_entry_find_first - find the first reusable entry with the given key
* @cache: cache where we should search
* @key: key to look for
*
* Search in @cache for entry with key @key. Grabs reference to the first
* entry found and returns the entry.
* Search in @cache for a reusable entry with key @key. Grabs reference to the
* first reusable entry found and returns the entry.
*/
struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache,
u32 key)
......@@ -170,14 +170,14 @@ struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_first(struct mb_cache *cache,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mb_cache_entry_find_first);
/*
* mb_cache_entry_find_next - find next entry in cache with the same
* mb_cache_entry_find_next - find next reusable entry with the same key
* @cache: cache where we should search
* @entry: entry to start search from
*
* Finds next entry in the hash chain which has the same key as @entry.
* If @entry is unhashed (which can happen when deletion of entry races
* with the search), finds the first entry in the hash chain. The function
* drops reference to @entry and returns with a reference to the found entry.
* Finds next reusable entry in the hash chain which has the same key as @entry.
* If @entry is unhashed (which can happen when deletion of entry races with the
* search), finds the first reusable entry in the hash chain. The function drops
* reference to @entry and returns with a reference to the found entry.
*/
struct mb_cache_entry *mb_cache_entry_find_next(struct mb_cache *cache,
struct mb_cache_entry *entry)
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