1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 0e9344a71be3..3d2c436959a1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4810,6 +4810,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion);
  * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
  * specified timeout to expire. The timeout is in jiffies. It is not
  * interruptible.
+ *
+ * The return value is 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of
+ * jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
  */
 unsigned long __sched
 wait_for_completion_timeout(struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout)
@@ -4824,6 +4827,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_timeout);
  *
  * This waits for completion of a specific task to be signaled. It is
  * interruptible.
+ *
+ * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
  */
 int __sched wait_for_completion_interruptible(struct completion *x)
 {
@@ -4841,6 +4846,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_interruptible);
  *
  * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
  * specified timeout to expire. It is interruptible. The timeout is in jiffies.
+ *
+ * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out,
+ * positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
  */
 long __sched
 wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *x,
@@ -4856,6 +4864,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout);
  *
  * This waits to be signaled for completion of a specific task. It can be
  * interrupted by a kill signal.
+ *
+ * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
  */
 int __sched wait_for_completion_killable(struct completion *x)
 {
@@ -4874,6 +4884,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_killable);
  * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be
  * signaled or for a specified timeout to expire. It can be
  * interrupted by a kill signal. The timeout is in jiffies.
+ *
+ * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out,
+ * positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
  */
 long __sched
 wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(struct completion *x,