X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=ipc.c;h=b6c525ab07311a14dbfaefe637781e163c24dba5;hp=74ba0499dc336c1611fc431f580ebf9d4c92ac28;hb=0a2aa419ef9fcdb667ebcbe1a425802578aa153d;hpb=7437db8478f031f6f4b0dd43314c0e84d5263e10

diff --git a/ipc.c b/ipc.c
index 74ba0499..b6c525ab 100644
--- a/ipc.c
+++ b/ipc.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2006 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  *     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "ipc.h"
 #include <sys/ipc.h>
 #include <sys/shm.h>
+#include <sys/sem.h>
 
 /** abort if semget() failed that many times */
 #define MAX_SEMOP_RETRIES 500
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@
 /**
  * define a new mutex
  *
- * \return the identifier for the new mutex on success, -E_SEM_GET
+ * \return the identifier for the new mutex on success, \a -E_SEM_GET
  * on errors.
  *
  * \sa semget(2)
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ int mutex_new(void)
  *
  * \param id the identifier of the mutex to be destroyed
  *
- * \returns Positive on success, -E_SEM_REMOVE on errors.
+ * \return Positive on success, \a -E_SEM_REMOVE on errors.
  *
  * \sa semctl(2)
  */
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ static void para_semop(int id, struct sembuf *sops, int num)
 /**
  * lock the given mutex
  *
+ * \param id of the shared memory area to lock
+ *
  * This function either succeeds or aborts.
  *
  * \sa semop(2), struct misc_meta_data
@@ -114,7 +117,11 @@ void mutex_unlock(int id)
 
 /**
  * create a new shared memory area of given size
- * 
+ *
+ * \param size the size of the shared memory area to create
+ *
+ * \return The id of the shared memory areay on success, \a -E_SHM_GET on errors.
+ *
  * \sa shmget(2)
  */
 int shm_new(size_t size)
@@ -125,8 +132,14 @@ int shm_new(size_t size)
 
 /**
  * destroy the given shared memory area
+ *
+ * \param id the shared memory id
+ *
+ * \return The return value of the underlying shmctl() call on success,
+ * \a -E_SHM_DESTROY on errors.
+ *
  * \sa shmctl(2)
- **/
+ */
 int shm_destroy(int id)
 {
 	struct shmid_ds shm_desc;
@@ -139,9 +152,9 @@ int shm_destroy(int id)
  *
  * \param id the identifier of the shared memory segment to attach
  * \param mode either ATTACH_RO (read only) or ATTACH_RW (read/write)
- * \param result points to the attached arer which to the
+ * \param result points to the attached area just attached
  *
- * \returns positive on success, -E_SHM_ATTACH on errrors.
+ * \return positive on success, \a -E_SHM_ATTACH on errors.
  *
  * \sa shmat(2)
  */
@@ -160,7 +173,7 @@ int shm_attach(int id, enum shm_attach_mode mode, void **result)
  *
  * \param addr the address of the attached segment
  *
- * \returns positive on success, -E_SHM_DETACH on errors.
+ * \return positive on success, \a -E_SHM_DETACH on errors.
  *
  * \sa shmdt(2)
  */