v2.4.2.2 -> v2.4.2.3

  - Alan Cox: continued merging
  - Urban Widmark: smbfs fix (d_add on already hashed dentry - no-no).
  - Andrew Morton: 3c59x update
  - Jeff Garzik: network driver cleanups and fixes
  - Gérard Roudier: sym-ncr drivers update
  - Jens Axboe: more loop cleanups and fixes
  - David Miller: sparc update, some networking fixes

1 files changed, 154 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 3ce8829e4eea..6ebb2c56333f 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNICMP
+/**
+ * strnicmp - Case insensitive, length-limited string comparison
+ * @s1: One string
+ * @s2: The other string
+ * @len: the maximum number of characters to compare
+ */
 int strnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
 {
 	/* Yes, Virginia, it had better be unsigned */
@@ -49,6 +55,11 @@ int strnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t len)
 char * ___strtok;
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY
+/**
+ * strcpy - Copy a %NUL terminated string
+ * @dest: Where to copy the string to
+ * @src: Where to copy the string from
+ */
 char * strcpy(char * dest,const char *src)
 {
 	char *tmp = dest;
@@ -60,6 +71,16 @@ char * strcpy(char * dest,const char *src)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
+/**
+ * strncpy - Copy a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string
+ * @dest: Where to copy the string to
+ * @src: Where to copy the string from
+ * @count: The maximum number of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Note that unlike userspace strncpy, this does not %NUL-pad the buffer.
+ * However, the result is not %NUL-terminated if the source exceeds
+ * @count bytes.
+ */
 char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count)
 {
 	char *tmp = dest;
@@ -72,6 +93,11 @@ char * strncpy(char * dest,const char *src,size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
+/**
+ * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * @dest: The string to be appended to
+ * @src: The string to append to it
+ */
 char * strcat(char * dest, const char * src)
 {
 	char *tmp = dest;
@@ -86,6 +112,15 @@ char * strcat(char * dest, const char * src)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT
+/**
+ * strncat - Append a length-limited, %NUL-terminated string to another
+ * @dest: The string to be appended to
+ * @src: The string to append to it
+ * @count: The maximum numbers of bytes to copy
+ *
+ * Note that in contrast to strncpy, strncat ensures the result is
+ * terminated.
+ */
 char * strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
 {
 	char *tmp = dest;
@@ -106,6 +141,11 @@ char * strncat(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
+/**
+ * strcmp - Compare two strings
+ * @cs: One string
+ * @ct: Another string
+ */
 int strcmp(const char * cs,const char * ct)
 {
 	register signed char __res;
@@ -120,6 +160,12 @@ int strcmp(const char * cs,const char * ct)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP
+/**
+ * strncmp - Compare two length-limited strings
+ * @cs: One string
+ * @ct: Another string
+ * @count: The maximum number of bytes to compare
+ */
 int strncmp(const char * cs,const char * ct,size_t count)
 {
 	register signed char __res = 0;
@@ -135,6 +181,11 @@ int strncmp(const char * cs,const char * ct,size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR
+/**
+ * strchr - Find the first occurrence of a character in a string
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @c: The character to search for
+ */
 char * strchr(const char * s, int c)
 {
 	for(; *s != (char) c; ++s)
@@ -145,6 +196,11 @@ char * strchr(const char * s, int c)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
+/**
+ * strrchr - Find the last occurrence of a character in a string
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @c: The character to search for
+ */
 char * strrchr(const char * s, int c)
 {
        const char *p = s + strlen(s);
@@ -157,6 +213,10 @@ char * strrchr(const char * s, int c)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
+/**
+ * strlen - Find the length of a string
+ * @s: The string to be sized
+ */
 size_t strlen(const char * s)
 {
 	const char *sc;
@@ -168,6 +228,11 @@ size_t strlen(const char * s)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNLEN
+/**
+ * strnlen - Find the length of a length-limited string
+ * @s: The string to be sized
+ * @count: The maximum number of bytes to search
+ */
 size_t strnlen(const char * s, size_t count)
 {
 	const char *sc;
@@ -179,6 +244,12 @@ size_t strnlen(const char * s, size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSPN
+/**
+ * strspn - Calculate the length of the initial substring of @s which only
+ * 	contain letters in @accept
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @accept: The string to search for
+ */
 size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept)
 {
 	const char *p;
@@ -200,6 +271,11 @@ size_t strspn(const char *s, const char *accept)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRPBRK
+/**
+ * strpbrk - Find the first occurrence of a set of characters
+ * @cs: The string to be searched
+ * @ct: The characters to search for
+ */
 char * strpbrk(const char * cs,const char * ct)
 {
 	const char *sc1,*sc2;
@@ -215,6 +291,13 @@ char * strpbrk(const char * cs,const char * ct)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRTOK
+/**
+ * strtok - Split a string into tokens
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @ct: The characters to search for
+ *
+ * WARNING: strtok is deprecated, use strsep instead.
+ */
 char * strtok(char * s,const char * ct)
 {
 	char *sbegin, *send;
@@ -237,7 +320,13 @@ char * strtok(char * s,const char * ct)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSEP
-
+/**
+ * strsep - Split a string into tokens
+ * @s: The string to be searched
+ * @ct: The characters to search for
+ *
+ * strsep() updates @s to point after the token, ready for the next call.
+ */
 char * strsep(char **s, const char * ct)
 {
 	char *sbegin=*s;
@@ -256,6 +345,12 @@ char * strsep(char **s, const char * ct)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+/**
+ * memset - Fill a region of memory with the given value
+ * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
+ * @c: The byte to fill the area with
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ */
 void * memset(void * s,int c,size_t count)
 {
 	char *xs = (char *) s;
@@ -268,6 +363,18 @@ void * memset(void * s,int c,size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCOPY
+/**
+ * bcopy - Copy one area of memory to another
+ * @src: Where to copy from
+ * @dest: Where to copy to
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * When using copies for I/O remember that bcopy and memcpy are entitled
+ * to do out of order writes and may well exactly that.
+ *
+ * Note that this is the same as memcpy, with the arguments reversed. memcpy
+ * is the standard, bcopy is a legacy BSD function.
+ */
 char * bcopy(const char * src, char * dest, int count)
 {
 	char *tmp = dest;
@@ -280,6 +387,15 @@ char * bcopy(const char * src, char * dest, int count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+/**
+ * memcpy - Copy one area of memory to another
+ * @dest: Where to copy to
+ * @src: Where to copy from
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * When using copies for I/O remember that bcopy and memcpy are entitled
+ * to do out of order writes and may well exactly that.
+ */
 void * memcpy(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count)
 {
 	char *tmp = (char *) dest, *s = (char *) src;
@@ -292,6 +408,14 @@ void * memcpy(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+/**
+ * memmove - Copy one area of memory to another
+ * @dest: Where to copy to
+ * @src: Where to copy from
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * memmove copes with overlapping areas.
+ */
 void * memmove(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count)
 {
 	char *tmp, *s;
@@ -314,6 +438,12 @@ void * memmove(void * dest,const void *src,size_t count)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
+/**
+ * memmove - Compare two areas of memory
+ * @cs: One area of memory
+ * @ct: Another area of memory
+ * @count: The size of the area.
+ */
 int memcmp(const void * cs,const void * ct,size_t count)
 {
 	const unsigned char *su1, *su2;
@@ -326,10 +456,16 @@ int memcmp(const void * cs,const void * ct,size_t count)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * find the first occurrence of byte 'c', or 1 past the area if none
- */
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN
+/**
+ * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory.
+ * @addr: The memory area
+ * @c: The byte to search for
+ * @size: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * returns the address of the first occurrence of @c, or 1 byte past
+ * the area if @c is not found
+ */
 void * memscan(void * addr, int c, size_t size)
 {
 	unsigned char * p = (unsigned char *) addr;
@@ -345,6 +481,11 @@ void * memscan(void * addr, int c, size_t size)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
+/**
+ * strstr - Find the first substring in a %NUL terminated string
+ * @s1: The string to be searched
+ * @s2: The string to search for
+ */
 char * strstr(const char * s1,const char * s2)
 {
 	int l1, l2;
@@ -364,6 +505,15 @@ char * strstr(const char * s1,const char * s2)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
+/**
+ * memchr - Find a character in an area of memory.
+ * @s: The memory area
+ * @c: The byte to search for
+ * @n: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * returns the address of the first occurrence of @c, or %NULL
+ * if @c is not found
+ */
 void *memchr(const void *s, int c, size_t n)
 {
 	const unsigned char *p = s;