From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 17:13:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: staging: comedi: improve comedi_check_chanlist() documentation
X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d27da4dae5f487d64ba52c3d505cc587c19af578;p=linux-beck.git

staging: comedi: improve comedi_check_chanlist() documentation

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Reviewed-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
index 6a393b24bdd9..ce3a58a7a171 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/range.c
@@ -102,7 +102,18 @@ int do_rangeinfo_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
  * @s: comedi_subdevice struct
  * @n: number of elements in the chanlist
  * @chanlist: the chanlist to validate
-*/
+ *
+ * Each element consists of a channel number, a range index, an analog
+ * reference type and some flags, all packed into an unsigned int.
+ *
+ * This checks that the channel number and range index are supported by
+ * the comedi subdevice.  It does not check whether the analog reference
+ * type and the flags are supported.  Drivers that care should check those
+ * themselves.
+ *
+ * Return: %0 if all @chanlist elements are valid (success),
+ *         %-EINVAL if one or more elements are invalid.
+ */
 int comedi_check_chanlist(struct comedi_subdevice *s, int n,
 			  unsigned int *chanlist)
 {