Merge tag 'for-5.16/drivers-2021-11-09' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

[linux-2.6-microblaze.git] / block / genhd.c

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index a4e9e8e..ca2fbab 100644 (file)
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -213,7 +213,10 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
  * @major: the requested major device number [1..BLKDEV_MAJOR_MAX-1]. If
  *         @major = 0, try to allocate any unused major number.
  * @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
- * @probe: allback that is called on access to any minor number of @major
+ * @probe: pre-devtmpfs / pre-udev callback used to create disks when their
+ *        pre-created device node is accessed. When a probe call uses
+ *        add_disk() and it fails the driver must cleanup resources. This
+ *        interface may soon be removed.
  *
  * The @name must be unique within the system.
  *