include/dma-mapping: Clarify output of dma_map_sg

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / include / linux / dma-mapping.h

diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index c3007cb4bfa66fda55b2883f4e08f3fc341176ab..ac07ff090919309c4f51d0a29cfeb9f9a7d673e4 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ struct dma_map_ops {
        void (*unmap_page)(struct device *dev, dma_addr_t dma_handle,
                           size_t size, enum dma_data_direction dir,
                           struct dma_attrs *attrs);
+       /*
+        * map_sg returns 0 on error and a value > 0 on success.
+        * It should never return a value < 0.
+        */
        int (*map_sg)(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
                      int nents, enum dma_data_direction dir,
                      struct dma_attrs *attrs);