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Message-ID: <5a8effb3-e176-5a2f-4650-17765384e60c@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 19:54:49 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, hdegoede@...hat.com,
markgross@...nel.org
Cc: corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Add kernel doc comments
Hi,
On 4/20/23 16:32, Armin Wolf wrote:
> Add kernel doc comments useful for documenting the functions/structs
> used to interact with the WMI driver core.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> include/linux/wmi.h | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> index d81319a502ef..e4b41dca70c7 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/wmi.c
> @@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ static acpi_status get_event_data(const struct wmi_block *wblock, struct acpi_bu
> * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
> * @length: Required buffer size
> *
> - * Allocates memory needed for buffer, stores the buffer size in that memory
> + * Allocates memory needed for buffer, stores the buffer size in that memory.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code for failure.
> */
> int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length)
> {
> @@ -269,7 +271,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_required_buffer_size);
> * @in: Buffer containing input for the method call
> * @out: Empty buffer to return the method results
> *
> - * Call an ACPI-WMI method
> + * Call an ACPI-WMI method, the caller must free @out.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_evaluate_method(const char *guid_string, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
> const struct acpi_buffer *in, struct acpi_buffer *out)
> @@ -294,7 +298,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_evaluate_method);
> * @in: Buffer containing input for the method call
> * @out: Empty buffer to return the method results
> *
> - * Call an ACPI-WMI method
> + * Call an ACPI-WMI method, the caller must free @out.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
> const struct acpi_buffer *in, struct acpi_buffer *out)
> @@ -411,7 +417,9 @@ static acpi_status __query_block(struct wmi_block *wblock, u8 instance,
> * @instance: Instance index
> * @out: Empty buffer to return the contents of the data block to
> *
> - * Return the contents of an ACPI-WMI data block to a buffer
> + * Query a ACPI-WMI block, the caller must free @out.
> + *
> + * Return: ACPI object containing the content of the WMI block.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_query_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
> struct acpi_buffer *out)
> @@ -427,6 +435,15 @@ acpi_status wmi_query_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_query_block);
>
> +/**
> + * wmidev_block_query - Return contents of a WMI block
> + * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
> + * @instance: Instance index
> + *
> + * Query a ACPI-WMI block, the caller must free the result.
Query an ACPI-WMI block,
> + *
> + * Return: ACPI object containing the content of the WMI block.
> + */
> union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance)
> {
> struct acpi_buffer out = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
> @@ -445,7 +462,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_block_query);
> * @instance: Instance index
> * @in: Buffer containing new values for the data block
> *
> - * Write the contents of the input buffer to an ACPI-WMI data block
> + * Write the contents of the input buffer to an ACPI-WMI data block.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_set_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
> const struct acpi_buffer *in)
> @@ -555,6 +574,8 @@ static void wmi_notify_debug(u32 value, void *context)
> * @data: Data to be returned to handler when event is fired
> *
> * Register a handler for events sent to the ACPI-WMI mapper device.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_install_notify_handler(const char *guid,
> wmi_notify_handler handler,
> @@ -597,6 +618,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_install_notify_handler);
> * @guid: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
> *
> * Unregister handler for events sent to the ACPI-WMI mapper device.
> + *
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_remove_notify_handler(const char *guid)
> {
> @@ -641,9 +664,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_remove_notify_handler);
> * wmi_get_event_data - Get WMI data associated with an event
> *
> * @event: Event to find
> - * @out: Buffer to hold event data. out->pointer should be freed with kfree()
> + * @out: Buffer to hold event data
> + *
> + * Get extra data associated with an WMI event, the caller needs to free @out.
> *
> - * Returns extra data associated with an event in WMI.
> + * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
> */
> acpi_status wmi_get_event_data(u32 event, struct acpi_buffer *out)
> {
> @@ -664,7 +689,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_get_event_data);
> * wmi_has_guid - Check if a GUID is available
> * @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
> *
> - * Check if a given GUID is defined by _WDG
> + * Check if a given GUID is defined by _WDG.
> + *
> + * Return: True if GUID is available, false otherwise.
> */
> bool wmi_has_guid(const char *guid_string)
> {
> @@ -678,7 +705,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_has_guid);
> *
> * Find the _UID of ACPI device associated with this WMI GUID.
> *
> - * Return: The ACPI _UID field value or NULL if the WMI GUID was not found
> + * Return: The ACPI _UID field value or NULL if the WMI GUID was not found.
> */
> char *wmi_get_acpi_device_uid(const char *guid_string)
> {
> @@ -1454,6 +1481,12 @@ int __must_check __wmi_driver_register(struct wmi_driver *driver,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wmi_driver_register);
>
> +/**
> + * wmi_driver_unregister() - Unregister a WMI driver
> + * @driver: WMI driver to unregister
> + *
> + * Unregisters a WMI driver from the WMI bus.
> + */
> void wmi_driver_unregister(struct wmi_driver *driver)
> {
> driver_unregister(&driver->driver);
> diff --git a/include/linux/wmi.h b/include/linux/wmi.h
> index b88d7b58e61e..88f66b12eef9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/wmi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/wmi.h
> @@ -13,25 +13,44 @@
> #include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> #include <uapi/linux/wmi.h>
>
> +/**
> + * struct wmi_device - WMI device structure
> + * @dev: Device associated with this WMI device
> + * @setable: True for devices implementing the Set Control Method
private: fields are not normally documented in kernel-doc.
> + *
> + * This represents WMI devices discovered by the WMI driver core.
> + */
> struct wmi_device {
> struct device dev;
>
> - /* True for data blocks implementing the Set Control Method */
> + /* private: used by the WMI driver core */
> bool setable;
> };
>
> -/* evaluate the ACPI method associated with this device */
> extern acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev,
> u8 instance, u32 method_id,
> const struct acpi_buffer *in,
> struct acpi_buffer *out);
>
> -/* Caller must kfree the result. */
> extern union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev,
> u8 instance);
>
> extern int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length);
>
> +/**
> + * struct wmi_driver - WMI driver structure
> + * @driver: Driver model structure
> + * @id_table: List of WMI GUIDs supported by this driver
> + * @no_notify_data: WMI events provide no event data
> + * @probe: Callback for device binding
> + * @remove: Callback for device unbinding
> + * @notify: Callback for receiving WMI events
> + * @filter_callback: Callback for filtering device IOCTLs
> + *
> + * This represents WMI drivers which handle WMI devices.
> + * @filter_callback is only necessary for drivers which
> + * want to set up a WMI IOCTL interface.
> + */
> struct wmi_driver {
> struct device_driver driver;
> const struct wmi_device_id *id_table;
> @@ -47,8 +66,24 @@ struct wmi_driver {
> extern int __must_check __wmi_driver_register(struct wmi_driver *driver,
> struct module *owner);
> extern void wmi_driver_unregister(struct wmi_driver *driver);
> +
> +/**
> + * wmi_driver_register() - Helper macro ro register a WMI driver
s/ro/to/
> + * @driver: wmi_driver struct
> + *
> + * Helper macro for registering a WMI driver. It automatically passes
> + * THIS_MODULE to the underlying function.
> + */
> #define wmi_driver_register(driver) __wmi_driver_register((driver), THIS_MODULE)
>
> +/**
> + * module_wmi_driver() - Helper macro to register/unregister a WMI driver
> + * @__wmi_driver: wmi_driver struct
> + *
> + * Helper macro for WMI drivers which do not do anything special in module
> + * init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may only
> + * use this macro once, and calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit().
> + */
> #define module_wmi_driver(__wmi_driver) \
> module_driver(__wmi_driver, wmi_driver_register, \
> wmi_driver_unregister)
> --
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Thanks.
--
~Randy
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