Commit 4271ecea authored by Nikolay Borisov's avatar Nikolay Borisov Committed by David Sterba

btrfs: Improve btrfs_search_slot description

Signed-off-by: default avatarNikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
parent 36243c91
......@@ -2654,17 +2654,29 @@ int btrfs_find_item(struct btrfs_root *fs_root, struct btrfs_path *path,
}
/*
* look for key in the tree. path is filled in with nodes along the way
* if key is found, we return zero and you can find the item in the leaf
* level of the path (level 0)
* btrfs_search_slot - look for a key in a tree and perform necessary
* modifications to preserve tree invariants.
*
* If the key isn't found, the path points to the slot where it should
* be inserted, and 1 is returned. If there are other errors during the
* search a negative error number is returned.
* @trans: Handle of transaction, used when modifying the tree
* @p: Holds all btree nodes along the search path
* @root: The root node of the tree
* @key: The key we are looking for
* @ins_len: Indicates purpose of search, for inserts it is 1, for
* deletions it's -1. 0 for plain searches
* @cow: boolean should CoW operations be performed. Must always be 1
* when modifying the tree.
*
* if ins_len > 0, nodes and leaves will be split as we walk down the
* tree. if ins_len < 0, nodes will be merged as we walk down the tree (if
* possible)
* If @ins_len > 0, nodes and leaves will be split as we walk down the tree.
* If @ins_len < 0, nodes will be merged as we walk down the tree (if possible)
*
* If @key is found, 0 is returned and you can find the item in the leaf level
* of the path (level 0)
*
* If @key isn't found, 1 is returned and the leaf level of the path (level 0)
* points to the slot where it should be inserted
*
* If an error is encountered while searching the tree a negative error number
* is returned
*/
int btrfs_search_slot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root *root,
const struct btrfs_key *key, struct btrfs_path *p,
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