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Subject[PATCH v3 4/4] chardev: update comment based on the code
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The function comment of __register_chrdev_region()
is out of date, so update it based on the code.

Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@gmx.com>
---
v1->v2:
- Split fix and cleanup patches.
- Remove printing minor range in chrdev_show().

fs/char_dev.c | 9 +++------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 47fd0561b03d..00dfe17871ac 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -88,13 +88,10 @@ static int find_dynamic_major(void)
/*
* Register a single major with a specified minor range.
*
- * If major == 0 this functions will dynamically allocate a major and return
- * its number.
- *
- * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the passed range of
- * minors and will return zero on success.
+ * If major == 0 this function will dynamically allocate an unused major.
+ * If major > 0 this function will attempt to reserve the range of minors
+ * with given major.
*
- * Returns a -ve errno on failure.
*/
static struct char_device_struct *
__register_chrdev_region(unsigned int major, unsigned int baseminor,
--
2.20.1
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