linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: add kernel-doc for set_cpus_allowed

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Date:   Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:25:51 +0300
From:   Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sched: add kernel-doc for set_cpus_allowed_ptr

This is an exported symbol, so it should have kernel-doc.
Add a note to very similar function do_set_cpus_allowed
to avoid confusion and misuse.
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 177b3f3676ef..ee64d1877be0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1858,7 +1858,17 @@ extern int task_can_attach(struct task_struct *p);
 extern int dl_bw_alloc(int cpu, u64 dl_bw);
 extern void dl_bw_free(int cpu, u64 dl_bw);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+
+/* do_set_cpus_allowed - consider using set_cpus_allowed_ptr instead */
 extern void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
+
+/**
+ * set_cpus_allowed_ptr - set CPU affinity mask of a task
+ * @p: the task
+ * @new_mask: CPU affinity mask
+ *
+ * Return: zero if successful, or a negative error code
+ */
 extern int set_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask);
 extern int dup_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *dst, struct task_struct *src, int node);
 extern void release_user_cpus_ptr(struct task_struct *p);
-- 
2.41.0