/**
* task_curr - is this task currently executing on a CPU?
* @p: the task in question.
+ *
+ * Return: 1 if the task is currently executing. 0 otherwise.
*/
inline int task_curr(const struct task_struct *p)
{
* the simpler "current->state = TASK_RUNNING" to mark yourself
* runnable without the overhead of this.
*
- * Returns %true if @p was woken up, %false if it was already running
+ * Return: %true if @p was woken up, %false if it was already running.
* or @state didn't match @p's state.
*/
static int
* @p: The process to be woken up.
*
* Attempt to wake up the nominated process and move it to the set of runnable
- * processes. Returns 1 if the process was woken up, 0 if it was already
- * running.
+ * processes.
+ *
+ * Return: 1 if the process was woken up, 0 if it was already running.
*
* It may be assumed that this function implies a write memory barrier before
* changing the task state if and only if any tasks are woken up.
* This makes sure that uptime, CFS vruntime, load
* balancing, etc... continue to move forward, even
* with a very low granularity.
+ *
+ * Return: Maximum deferment in nanoseconds.
*/
u64 scheduler_tick_max_deferment(void)
{
* specified timeout to expire. The timeout is in jiffies. It is not
* interruptible.
*
- * The return value is 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of
- * jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
+ * Return: 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left
+ * till timeout) if completed.
*/
unsigned long __sched
wait_for_completion_timeout(struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout)
* specified timeout to expire. The timeout is in jiffies. It is not
* interruptible. The caller is accounted as waiting for IO.
*
- * The return value is 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of
- * jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
+ * Return: 0 if timed out, and positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left
+ * till timeout) if completed.
*/
unsigned long __sched
wait_for_completion_io_timeout(struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout)
* This waits for completion of a specific task to be signaled. It is
* interruptible.
*
- * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
+ * Return: -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
*/
int __sched wait_for_completion_interruptible(struct completion *x)
{
* This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
* specified timeout to expire. It is interruptible. The timeout is in jiffies.
*
- * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out,
- * positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
+ * Return: -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out, positive (at least 1,
+ * or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
*/
long __sched
wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *x,
* This waits to be signaled for completion of a specific task. It can be
* interrupted by a kill signal.
*
- * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
+ * Return: -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if completed.
*/
int __sched wait_for_completion_killable(struct completion *x)
{
* signaled or for a specified timeout to expire. It can be
* interrupted by a kill signal. The timeout is in jiffies.
*
- * The return value is -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out,
- * positive (at least 1, or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
+ * Return: -ERESTARTSYS if interrupted, 0 if timed out, positive (at least 1,
+ * or number of jiffies left till timeout) if completed.
*/
long __sched
wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(struct completion *x,
* try_wait_for_completion - try to decrement a completion without blocking
* @x: completion structure
*
- * Returns: 0 if a decrement cannot be done without blocking
+ * Return: 0 if a decrement cannot be done without blocking
* 1 if a decrement succeeded.
*
* If a completion is being used as a counting completion,
* completion_done - Test to see if a completion has any waiters
* @x: completion structure
*
- * Returns: 0 if there are waiters (wait_for_completion() in progress)
+ * Return: 0 if there are waiters (wait_for_completion() in progress)
* 1 if there are no waiters.
*
*/
* task_prio - return the priority value of a given task.
* @p: the task in question.
*
- * This is the priority value as seen by users in /proc.
+ * Return: The priority value as seen by users in /proc.
* RT tasks are offset by -200. Normal tasks are centered
* around 0, value goes from -16 to +15.
*/
/**
* task_nice - return the nice value of a given task.
* @p: the task in question.
+ *
+ * Return: The nice value [ -20 ... 0 ... 19 ].
*/
int task_nice(const struct task_struct *p)
{
/**
* idle_cpu - is a given cpu idle currently?
* @cpu: the processor in question.
+ *
+ * Return: 1 if the CPU is currently idle. 0 otherwise.
*/
int idle_cpu(int cpu)
{
/**
* idle_task - return the idle task for a given cpu.
* @cpu: the processor in question.
+ *
+ * Return: The idle task for the cpu @cpu.
*/
struct task_struct *idle_task(int cpu)
{
/**
* find_process_by_pid - find a process with a matching PID value.
* @pid: the pid in question.
+ *
+ * The task of @pid, if found. %NULL otherwise.
*/
static struct task_struct *find_process_by_pid(pid_t pid)
{
* @policy: new policy.
* @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
*
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
+ *
* NOTE that the task may be already dead.
*/
int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
* current context has permission. For example, this is needed in
* stop_machine(): we create temporary high priority worker threads,
* but our caller might not have that capability.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
*/
int sched_setscheduler_nocheck(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
const struct sched_param *param)
* @pid: the pid in question.
* @policy: new policy.
* @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_setscheduler, pid_t, pid, int, policy,
struct sched_param __user *, param)
* sys_sched_setparam - set/change the RT priority of a thread
* @pid: the pid in question.
* @param: structure containing the new RT priority.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_setparam, pid_t, pid, struct sched_param __user *, param)
{
/**
* sys_sched_getscheduler - get the policy (scheduling class) of a thread
* @pid: the pid in question.
+ *
+ * Return: On success, the policy of the thread. Otherwise, a negative error
+ * code.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sched_getscheduler, pid_t, pid)
{
* sys_sched_getparam - get the RT priority of a thread
* @pid: the pid in question.
* @param: structure containing the RT priority.
+ *
+ * Return: On success, 0 and the RT priority is in @param. Otherwise, an error
+ * code.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_getparam, pid_t, pid, struct sched_param __user *, param)
{
* @pid: pid of the process
* @len: length in bytes of the bitmask pointed to by user_mask_ptr
* @user_mask_ptr: user-space pointer to the new cpu mask
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_setaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
unsigned long __user *, user_mask_ptr)
* @pid: pid of the process
* @len: length in bytes of the bitmask pointed to by user_mask_ptr
* @user_mask_ptr: user-space pointer to hold the current cpu mask
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success. An error code otherwise.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE3(sched_getaffinity, pid_t, pid, unsigned int, len,
unsigned long __user *, user_mask_ptr)
*
* This function yields the current CPU to other tasks. If there are no
* other threads running on this CPU then this function will return.
+ *
+ * Return: 0.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield)
{
* It's the caller's job to ensure that the target task struct
* can't go away on us before we can do any checks.
*
- * Returns:
+ * Return:
* true (>0) if we indeed boosted the target task.
* false (0) if we failed to boost the target.
* -ESRCH if there's no task to yield to.
* sys_sched_get_priority_max - return maximum RT priority.
* @policy: scheduling class.
*
- * this syscall returns the maximum rt_priority that can be used
- * by a given scheduling class.
+ * Return: On success, this syscall returns the maximum
+ * rt_priority that can be used by a given scheduling class.
+ * On failure, a negative error code is returned.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sched_get_priority_max, int, policy)
{
* sys_sched_get_priority_min - return minimum RT priority.
* @policy: scheduling class.
*
- * this syscall returns the minimum rt_priority that can be used
- * by a given scheduling class.
+ * Return: On success, this syscall returns the minimum
+ * rt_priority that can be used by a given scheduling class.
+ * On failure, a negative error code is returned.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sched_get_priority_min, int, policy)
{
*
* this syscall writes the default timeslice value of a given process
* into the user-space timespec buffer. A value of '0' means infinity.
+ *
+ * Return: On success, 0 and the timeslice is in @interval. Otherwise,
+ * an error code.
*/
SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sched_rr_get_interval, pid_t, pid,
struct timespec __user *, interval)
* @cpu: the processor in question.
*
* ONLY VALID WHEN THE WHOLE SYSTEM IS STOPPED!
+ *
+ * Return: The current task for @cpu.
*/
struct task_struct *curr_task(int cpu)
{
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