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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To: madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com
Cc: joel@joelfernandes.org, rcu@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include: Linux: rculist_nulls: Add docbook comment headers
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 16:25:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191205002518.GP2889@paulmck-ThinkPad-P72> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191204120357.11658-1-madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com>

On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 05:33:57PM +0530, madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com>
> 
> This patch adds docbook comment headers for hlist_nulls_first_rcu
> and hlist_nulls_next_rcu in rculist_nulls.h.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Madhuparna Bhowmik <madhuparnabhowmik04@gmail.com>
> ---

Good to see, thank you!  A few grammar nits below -- could you please
update and re-send?

							Thanx, Paul

>  include/linux/rculist_nulls.h | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h b/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h
> index 517a06f36c7a..d796ef18ec52 100644
> --- a/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h
> +++ b/include/linux/rculist_nulls.h
> @@ -38,9 +38,17 @@ static inline void hlist_nulls_del_init_rcu(struct hlist_nulls_node *n)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +/**
> + * hlist_nulls_first_rcu - returns the first element of the hash list.
> + * @head: the head for your list.

Could you please say something like "The head of the list."?
Just to keep point of view more consistent through the documentation.

> + */
>  #define hlist_nulls_first_rcu(head) \
>  	(*((struct hlist_nulls_node __rcu __force **)&(head)->first))
>  
> +/**
> + * hlist_nulls_next_rcu - returns the element of the list next to @node.

Here, could you please change "next to" to "after"?  This removes the
ambiguity where both the prior and the subsequent elements might be
thought of as "next to".

> + * @node: Element of the list.
> + */
>  #define hlist_nulls_next_rcu(node) \
>  	(*((struct hlist_nulls_node __rcu __force **)&(node)->next))
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-12-05  0:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-04 12:03 [PATCH] Include: Linux: rculist_nulls: Add docbook comment headers madhuparnabhowmik04
2019-12-04 17:44 ` Joel Fernandes
2019-12-05  0:25 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
     [not found]   ` <CAF65HP1WL2yw8nVZi-j9=eehkUJP-eKUy+w9unFXddmPf7_Hqg@mail.gmail.com>
2019-12-05 14:42     ` Paul E. McKenney

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