dm: core: Clarify uclass_first/next_device() comments

These are not as clear as they could be. Tidy them up a bit. Also fix a
tiny code-style nit.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/dm/uclass.h b/include/dm/uclass.h
index 7f5a1304b5..4dcd883ac5 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass.h
@@ -241,8 +241,13 @@ int uclass_get_device_by_driver(enum uclass_id id, const struct driver *drv,
  *
  * The device returned is probed if necessary, and ready for use
  *
+ * This function is useful to start iterating through a list of devices which
+ * are functioning correctly and can be probed.
+ *
  * @id: Uclass ID to look up
- * @devp: Returns pointer to the first device in that uclass, or NULL if none
+ * @devp: Returns pointer to the first device in that uclass if no error
+ * occurred, or NULL if there is no first device, or an error occurred with
+ * that device.
  * @return 0 if OK (found or not found), other -ve on error
  */
 int uclass_first_device(enum uclass_id id, struct udevice **devp);
@@ -263,8 +268,12 @@ int uclass_first_device_err(enum uclass_id id, struct udevice **devp);
  *
  * The device returned is probed if necessary, and ready for use
  *
+ * This function is useful to start iterating through a list of devices which
+ * are functioning correctly and can be probed.
+ *
  * @devp: On entry, pointer to device to lookup. On exit, returns pointer
- * to the next device in the same uclass, or NULL if none
+ * to the next device in the uclass if no error occurred, or NULL if there is
+ * no next device, or an error occurred with that next device.
  * @return 0 if OK (found or not found), other -ve on error
  */
 int uclass_next_device(struct udevice **devp);