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-rw-r--r--Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_driver.rst2
-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/tty_io.c8
-rw-r--r--include/linux/tty_driver.h8
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_driver.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_driver.rst
index f6cbffdb6e01..7138222a70f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/tty/tty_driver.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ freed.
For reference, both allocation and deallocation functions are explained here in
detail:
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/tty_driver.h
+ :identifiers: tty_alloc_driver
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/tty/tty_io.c
:identifiers: __tty_alloc_driver tty_driver_kref_put
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 449dbd216460..ca9b7d7bad2b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -3329,10 +3329,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unregister_device);
* __tty_alloc_driver - allocate tty driver
* @lines: count of lines this driver can handle at most
* @owner: module which is responsible for this driver
- * @flags: some of %TTY_DRIVER_ flags, will be set in driver->flags
+ * @flags: some of enum tty_driver_flag, will be set in driver->flags
*
- * This should not be called directly, some of the provided macros should be
- * used instead. Use IS_ERR() and friends on @retval.
+ * This should not be called directly, tty_alloc_driver() should be used
+ * instead.
+ *
+ * Returns: struct tty_driver or a PTR-encoded error (use IS_ERR() and friends).
*/
struct tty_driver *__tty_alloc_driver(unsigned int lines, struct module *owner,
unsigned long flags)
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index d0d940236580..0fe38befa1b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -564,7 +564,13 @@ struct tty_driver *tty_find_polling_driver(char *name, int *line);
void tty_driver_kref_put(struct tty_driver *driver);
-/* Use TTY_DRIVER_* flags below */
+/**
+ * tty_alloc_driver - allocate tty driver
+ * @lines: count of lines this driver can handle at most
+ * @flags: some of enum tty_driver_flag, will be set in driver->flags
+ *
+ * Returns: struct tty_driver or a PTR-encoded error (use IS_ERR() and friends).
+ */
#define tty_alloc_driver(lines, flags) \
__tty_alloc_driver(lines, THIS_MODULE, flags)