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-rw-r--r--block/bdev.c12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 587645231d60..8bf93a19041b 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -955,15 +955,15 @@ void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_put);
/**
- * lookup_bdev - lookup a struct block_device by name
- * @pathname: special file representing the block device
- * @dev: return value of the block device's dev_t
+ * lookup_bdev() - Look up a struct block_device by name.
+ * @pathname: Name of the block device in the filesystem.
+ * @dev: Pointer to the block device's dev_t, if found.
*
* Lookup the block device's dev_t at @pathname in the current
- * namespace if possible and return it by @dev.
+ * namespace if possible and return it in @dev.
*
- * RETURNS:
- * 0 if succeeded, errno otherwise.
+ * Context: May sleep.
+ * Return: 0 if succeeded, negative errno otherwise.
*/
int lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, dev_t *dev)
{