mm/sparse.c: clean up obsolete code comment

The code comment above sparse_add_one_section() is obsolete and incorrect.
Clean it up and write a new one.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190329144250.14315-1-bhe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 56e057c432f9663439c4cfd38f8cad8f2e6e2c3d..fd13166949b52c81e725fdda3b413516aa251fe3 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -684,10 +684,18 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
-/*
- * returns the number of sections whose mem_maps were properly
- * set.  If this is <=0, then that means that the passed-in
- * map was not consumed and must be freed.
+/**
+ * sparse_add_one_section - add a memory section
+ * @nid: The node to add section on
+ * @start_pfn: start pfn of the memory range
+ * @altmap: device page map
+ *
+ * This is only intended for hotplug.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * 0         - On success.
+ * * -EEXIST   - Section has been present.
+ * * -ENOMEM   - Out of memory.
  */
 int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(int nid, unsigned long start_pfn,
                                     struct vmem_altmap *altmap)