bitops/find: clarify and extend documentation

Add return value documentation and clarify the units of the @size
parameter.

Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
index 71c778033f57..998d4d544f18 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  * @addr: The address to base the search on
  * @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
  * @size: The bitmap size in bits
+ *
+ * Returns the bit number for the next set bit
+ * If no bits are set, returns @size.
  */
 extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
                 size, unsigned long offset);
@@ -18,6 +21,9 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
  * @addr: The address to base the search on
  * @offset: The bitnumber to start searching at
  * @size: The bitmap size in bits
+ *
+ * Returns the bit number of the next zero bit
+ * If no bits are zero, returns @size.
  */
 extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
                 long size, unsigned long offset);
@@ -28,9 +34,10 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
 /**
  * find_first_bit - find the first set bit in a memory region
  * @addr: The address to start the search at
- * @size: The maximum size to search
+ * @size: The maximum number of bits to search
  *
  * Returns the bit number of the first set bit.
+ * If no bits are set, returns @size.
  */
 extern unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
                                     unsigned long size);
@@ -38,9 +45,10 @@ extern unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 /**
  * find_first_zero_bit - find the first cleared bit in a memory region
  * @addr: The address to start the search at
- * @size: The maximum size to search
+ * @size: The maximum number of bits to search
  *
  * Returns the bit number of the first cleared bit.
+ * If no bits are zero, returns @size.
  */
 extern unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
                                          unsigned long size);