linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/21] perf metric: Document the internal 'struct metric'

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Message-Id: <20211007165647.3514803-12-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Thu,  7 Oct 2021 09:56:37 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
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        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
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Cc:     Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/21] perf metric: Document the internal 'struct metric'

Add documentation as part of code tidying.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index c96f9fe163f9..632867cedbae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -117,14 +117,34 @@ struct metric_ref_node {
 	struct list_head list;
 };
 
+/**
+ * The metric under construction. The data held here will be placed in a
+ * metric_expr.
+ */
 struct metric {
 	struct list_head nd;
+	/**
+	 * The expression parse context importantly holding the IDs contained
+	 * within the expression.
+	 */
 	struct expr_parse_ctx *pctx;
+	/** The name of the metric such as "IPC". */
 	const char *metric_name;
+	/** The expression to parse, for example, "instructions/cycles". */
 	const char *metric_expr;
+	/**
+	 * The "ScaleUnit" that scales and adds a unit to the metric during
+	 * output.
+	 */
 	const char *metric_unit;
+	/** The list of metrics referenced by this one. */
 	struct list_head metric_refs;
+	/** The size of the metric_refs list. */
 	int metric_refs_cnt;
+	/**
+	 * Is there a constraint on the group of events? In which case the
+	 * events won't be grouped.
+	 */
 	bool has_constraint;
 };
 
-- 
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