[PATCH v2 3/3] v4l2-flash-led-class: Document v4l2_flash_init() references

Sakari Ailus sakari.ailus at linux.intel.com
Wed Aug 9 11:15:55 UTC 2017


The v4l2_flash_init() keeps a reference to the ops struct but not to the
config struct (nor anything it contains). Document this.

Signed-off-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus at linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel at ucw.cz>
---
 include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.h b/include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.h
index c3f39992f3fa..6f4825b6a352 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-flash-led-class.h
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ static inline struct v4l2_flash *v4l2_ctrl_to_v4l2_flash(struct v4l2_ctrl *c)
  * @config:	initialization data for V4L2 Flash sub-device
  *
  * Create V4L2 Flash sub-device wrapping given LED subsystem device.
+ * The ops pointer is stored by the V4L2 flash framework. No
+ * references are held to config nor its contents once this function
+ * has returned.
  *
  * Returns: A valid pointer, or, when an error occurs, the return
  * value is encoded using ERR_PTR(). Use IS_ERR() to check and
@@ -130,6 +133,9 @@ struct v4l2_flash *v4l2_flash_init(
  * @config:	initialization data for V4L2 Flash sub-device
  *
  * Create V4L2 Flash sub-device wrapping given LED subsystem device.
+ * The ops pointer is stored by the V4L2 flash framework. No
+ * references are held to config nor its contents once this function
+ * has returned.
  *
  * Returns: A valid pointer, or, when an error occurs, the return
  * value is encoded using ERR_PTR(). Use IS_ERR() to check and
-- 
2.11.0



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