linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] drm/i915/gt: document TLB cache invalidation functions

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Date:   Fri, 5 Aug 2022 10:24:25 +0100
From:   Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Niranjana Vishwanathapura <niranjana.vishwanathapura@...el.com>,
        Chris Wilson <chris.p.wilson@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] drm/i915/gt: document TLB cache invalidation
 functions


On 05/08/2022 10:08, Andi Shyti wrote:
> Hi Randy,
> 
>>> +/**
>>> + * intel_gt_invalidate_tlb_full - do full TLB cache invalidation
>>> + * @gt: GT structure
>>
>> In multiple places (here and below) it would be nice to know what a
>> GT structure is. I looked thru multiple C and header files yesterday
>> and didn't find any comments about it.
>>
>> Just saying that @gt is a GT structure isn't very helpful, other
>> than making kernel-doc shut up.
> 
> the 'gt' belongs to the drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/ subsystem and
> it's widely used a throughout i915.
> 
> I think it's inappropriate to describe it just here. On the other
> hand I agree that a better documentation is required for the GT
> itself where other parts can point to.

Yeah agreed there is no point of copy pasting some explanation all over 
the place. Could we just do s/GT structure/struct intel_gt/, or "pointer 
to struct intel_gt to operate on", would that be good enough?

Regards,

Tvrtko