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author | Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org> | 2014-08-06 16:09:03 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 18:01:24 -0700 |
commit | 0b90fec3b990b50d77944bc73c1ba4b031dfa52f (patch) | |
tree | f070aac1a69e5af5e79b211caf343b082980894e /kernel | |
parent | 42a9dc0b3d0f749375c767c7d5cab56e89160576 (diff) | |
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printk: fix some comments
Fix a few comments that don't accurately describe their corresponding
code. It also fixes some minor typographical errors.
Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.cz>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/printk/printk.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c index 770ed4821ba9..4bae344c1ec3 100644 --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c @@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ static int __down_trylock_console_sem(unsigned long ip) * This is used for debugging the mess that is the VT code by * keeping track if we have the console semaphore held. It's * definitely not the perfect debug tool (we don't know if _WE_ - * hold it are racing, but it helps tracking those weird code - * path in the console code where we end up in places I want - * locked without the console sempahore held + * hold it and are racing, but it helps tracking those weird code + * paths in the console code where we end up in places I want + * locked without the console sempahore held). */ static int console_locked, console_suspended; @@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ static int console_may_schedule; * the overall length of the record. * * The heads to the first and last entry in the buffer, as well as the - * sequence numbers of these both entries are maintained when messages - * are stored.. + * sequence numbers of these entries are maintained when messages are + * stored. * * If the heads indicate available messages, the length in the header * tells the start next message. A length == 0 for the next message @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int log_make_free_space(u32 msg_size) while (log_first_seq < log_next_seq) { if (logbuf_has_space(msg_size, false)) return 0; - /* drop old messages until we have enough continuous space */ + /* drop old messages until we have enough contiguous space */ log_first_idx = log_next(log_first_idx); log_first_seq++; } @@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ static struct cont { struct task_struct *owner; /* task of first print*/ u64 ts_nsec; /* time of first print */ u8 level; /* log level of first message */ - u8 facility; /* log level of first message */ + u8 facility; /* log facility of first message */ enum log_flags flags; /* prefix, newline flags */ bool flushed:1; /* buffer sealed and committed */ } cont; @@ -1922,11 +1922,12 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(char *name, int idx, char *options, return 0; } /* - * Set up a list of consoles. Called from init/main.c + * Set up a console. Called via do_early_param() in init/main.c + * for each "console=" parameter in the boot command line. */ static int __init console_setup(char *str) { - char buf[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name) + 4]; /* 4 for index */ + char buf[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name) + 4]; /* 4 for "ttyS" */ char *s, *options, *brl_options = NULL; int idx; @@ -2086,8 +2087,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_lock); /** * console_trylock - try to lock the console system for exclusive use. * - * Tried to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has - * exclusive access to the console system and the console_drivers list. + * Try to acquire a lock which guarantees that the caller has exclusive + * access to the console system and the console_drivers list. * * returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure to acquire the lock. */ |