From d063623b6ae7c326d21a2713dd38cab15d794c1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Dunlap Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:32:42 -0800 Subject: Documentation: add UUID/GUID to kernel-api Update kernel-doc notation in lib/uuid.c and then add UUID/GUID function interfaces to kernel-api. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap [jc: tweaked the uuid_is_valid() kerneldoc] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- lib/uuid.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/uuid.c') diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c index 680b9fb9ba09..2290b9f001a9 100644 --- a/lib/uuid.c +++ b/lib/uuid.c @@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(uuid_null); const u8 guid_index[16] = {3,2,1,0,5,4,7,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}; const u8 uuid_index[16] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}; -/*************************************************************** +/** + * generate_random_uuid - generate a random UUID + * @uuid: where to put the generated UUID + * * Random UUID interface * - * Used here for a Boot ID, but can be useful for other kernel - * drivers. - ***************************************************************/ - -/* - * Generate random UUID + * Used to create a Boot ID or a filesystem UUID/GUID, but can be + * useful for other kernel drivers. */ void generate_random_uuid(unsigned char uuid[16]) { @@ -73,16 +72,17 @@ void uuid_gen(uuid_t *bu) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uuid_gen); /** - * uuid_is_valid - checks if UUID string valid - * @uuid: UUID string to check - * - * Description: - * It checks if the UUID string is following the format: - * xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx - * where x is a hex digit. - * - * Return: true if input is valid UUID string. - */ + * uuid_is_valid - checks if a UUID string is valid + * @uuid: UUID string to check + * + * Description: + * It checks if the UUID string is following the format: + * xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx + * + * where x is a hex digit. + * + * Return: true if input is valid UUID string. + */ bool uuid_is_valid(const char *uuid) { unsigned int i; -- cgit v1.2.3