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diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 7510a1b489df..28652e4218e0 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -1727,6 +1727,8 @@ static void slabs_destroy(struct kmem_cache *cachep, struct list_head *list)
* This could be made much more intelligent. For now, try to avoid using
* high order pages for slabs. When the gfp() functions are more friendly
* towards high-order requests, this should be changed.
+ *
+ * Return: number of left-over bytes in a slab
*/
static size_t calculate_slab_order(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
size_t size, slab_flags_t flags)
@@ -1975,6 +1977,8 @@ static bool set_on_slab_cache(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
* %SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware
* cacheline. This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
* as davem.
+ *
+ * Return: a pointer to the created cache or %NULL in case of error
*/
int __kmem_cache_create(struct kmem_cache *cachep, slab_flags_t flags)
{
@@ -3542,6 +3546,8 @@ void ___cache_free(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *objp,
*
* Allocate an object from this cache. The flags are only relevant
* if the cache has no available objects.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the new object or %NULL in case of error
*/
void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags)
{
@@ -3631,6 +3637,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmem_cache_alloc_trace);
* node, which can improve the performance for cpu bound structures.
*
* Fallback to other node is possible if __GFP_THISNODE is not set.
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the new object or %NULL in case of error
*/
void *kmem_cache_alloc_node(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags, int nodeid)
{
@@ -3699,6 +3707,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kmalloc_node_track_caller);
* @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
* @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc).
* @caller: function caller for debug tracking of the caller
+ *
+ * Return: pointer to the allocated memory or %NULL in case of error
*/
static __always_inline void *__do_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags,
unsigned long caller)
@@ -4164,6 +4174,8 @@ void slabinfo_show_stats(struct seq_file *m, struct kmem_cache *cachep)
* @buffer: user buffer
* @count: data length
* @ppos: unused
+ *
+ * Return: %0 on success, negative error code otherwise.
*/
ssize_t slabinfo_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -4457,6 +4469,8 @@ void __check_heap_object(const void *ptr, unsigned long n, struct page *page,
* The caller must guarantee that objp points to a valid object previously
* allocated with either kmalloc() or kmem_cache_alloc(). The object
* must not be freed during the duration of the call.
+ *
+ * Return: size of the actual memory used by @objp in bytes
*/
size_t ksize(const void *objp)
{