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bitops/find: clarify and extend documentation

Add return value documentation and clarify the units of the @size
parameter.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
wifi-calibration
Cody P Schafer 2013-11-12 15:09:48 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent c962f7b95c
commit ec778edf97
1 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
* @addr: The address to base the search on
* @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
* @size: The bitmap size in bits
*
* Returns the bit number for the next set bit
* If no bits are set, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
size, unsigned long offset);
@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
* @addr: The address to base the search on
* @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
* @size: The bitmap size in bits
*
* Returns the bit number of the next zero bit
* If no bits are zero, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
long size, unsigned long offset);
@ -28,9 +34,10 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
/**
* find_first_bit - find the first set bit in a memory region
* @addr: The address to start the search at
* @size: The maximum size to search
* @size: The maximum number of bits to search
*
* Returns the bit number of the first set bit.
* If no bits are set, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
unsigned long size);
@ -38,9 +45,10 @@ extern unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
/**
* find_first_zero_bit - find the first cleared bit in a memory region
* @addr: The address to start the search at
* @size: The maximum size to search
* @size: The maximum number of bits to search
*
* Returns the bit number of the first cleared bit.
* If no bits are zero, returns @size.
*/
extern unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
unsigned long size);