powerpc/dscr: Add some in-code documentation

This patch adds some in-code documentation to the DSCR related code to
make it more readable without having any functional change to it.

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index bf117d8..28ded5d 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -295,6 +295,15 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
        unsigned long   dscr;
+       /*
+        * This member element dscr_inherit indicates that the process
+        * has explicitly attempted and changed the DSCR register value
+        * for itself. Hence kernel wont use the default CPU DSCR value
+        * contained in the PACA structure anymore during process context
+        * switch. Once this variable is set, this behaviour will also be
+        * inherited to all the children of this process from that point
+        * onwards.
+        */
        int             dscr_inherit;
        unsigned long   ppr;    /* used to save/restore SMT priority */
 #endif

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
index fa1fd8a..692873b 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sysfs.c
@@ -496,13 +496,34 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(spurr, 0400, show_spurr, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(purr, 0400, show_purr, store_purr);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(pir, 0400, show_pir, NULL);
 
+/*
+ * This is the system wide DSCR register default value. Any
+ * change to this default value through the sysfs interface
+ * will update all per cpu DSCR default values across the
+ * system stored in their respective PACA structures.
+ */
 static unsigned long dscr_default;
 
+/**
+ * read_dscr() - Fetch the cpu specific DSCR default
+ * @val:       Returned cpu specific DSCR default value
+ *
+ * This function returns the per cpu DSCR default value
+ * for any cpu which is contained in it's PACA structure.
+ */
 static void read_dscr(void *val)
 {
        *(unsigned long *)val = get_paca()->dscr_default;
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * write_dscr() - Update the cpu specific DSCR default
+ * @val:       New cpu specific DSCR default value to update
+ *
+ * This function updates the per cpu DSCR default value
+ * for any cpu which is contained in it's PACA structure.
+ */
 static void write_dscr(void *val)
 {
        get_paca()->dscr_default = *(unsigned long *)val;
@@ -520,12 +541,29 @@ static void add_write_permission_dev_attr(struct device_attribute *attr)
        attr->attr.mode |= 0200;
 }
 
+/**
+ * show_dscr_default() - Fetch the system wide DSCR default
+ * @dev:       Device structure
+ * @attr:      Device attribute structure
+ * @buf:       Interface buffer
+ *
+ * This function returns the system wide DSCR default value.
+ */
 static ssize_t show_dscr_default(struct device *dev,
                struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
        return sprintf(buf, "%lx\n", dscr_default);
 }
 
+/**
+ * store_dscr_default() - Update the system wide DSCR default
+ * @dev:       Device structure
+ * @attr:      Device attribute structure
+ * @buf:       Interface buffer
+ * @count:     Size of the update
+ *
+ * This function updates the system wide DSCR default value.
+ */
 static ssize_t __used store_dscr_default(struct device *dev,
                struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf,
                size_t count)