module: fix and elaborate comments
authorMatti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 16:37:38 +0000 (08:37 -0800)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:20:43 +0000 (11:20 +1100)
Fix and elaborate comments.

Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
kernel/module.c

index 3202c9950073ebc05fb232a625da27d2ec35eee8..91fe6958b6e1b253f98c2ab08518693df00a1497 100644 (file)
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ int unregister_module_notifier(struct notifier_block * nb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_module_notifier);
 
-/* We require a truly strong try_module_get() */
+/* We require a truly strong try_module_get(): 0 means failure due to
+   ongoing or failed initialization etc. */
 static inline int strong_try_module_get(struct module *mod)
 {
        if (mod && mod->state == MODULE_STATE_COMING)
@@ -952,7 +953,8 @@ static unsigned long resolve_symbol(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
        ret = __find_symbol(name, &owner, &crc,
                        !(mod->taints & TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE));
        if (ret) {
-               /* use_module can fail due to OOM, or module unloading */
+               /* use_module can fail due to OOM,
+                  or module initialization or unloading */
                if (!check_version(sechdrs, versindex, name, mod, crc) ||
                    !use_module(mod, owner))
                        ret = 0;
@@ -1369,7 +1371,7 @@ dup:
        return ret;
 }
 
-/* Change all symbols so that sh_value encodes the pointer directly. */
+/* Change all symbols so that st_value encodes the pointer directly. */
 static int simplify_symbols(Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
                            unsigned int symindex,
                            const char *strtab,