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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/btrfs/btrfsitem/items.go b/lib/btrfs/btrfsitem/items.go
index 49d421f..a730447 100644
--- a/lib/btrfs/btrfsitem/items.go
+++ b/lib/btrfs/btrfsitem/items.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+// Package btrfsitem contains the definitions of all "items" that may
+// be stored in a btrfs tree.
package btrfsitem
import (
@@ -56,7 +58,11 @@ func (o *Error) UnmarshalBinary(dat []byte) (int, error) {
return len(dat), nil
}
-// Rather than returning a separate error value, return an Error item.
+// UnmarshalItem consumes the byte slice `dat`, unmarshaling it in to
+// the item type specified by `key`.
+//
+// If there is an error, rather than returning a separate error value,
+// return an Error item.
func UnmarshalItem(key btrfsprim.Key, csumType btrfssum.CSumType, dat []byte) Item {
var gotyp reflect.Type
if key.ItemType == UNTYPED_KEY {