[PATCH v5 07/26] arm64/sve: Clarify role of the VQ map maintenance functions

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The roles of sve_init_vq_map(), sve_update_vq_map() and
sve_verify_vq_map() are highly non-obvious to anyone who has not dug
through cpufeatures.c in detail.

Since the way these functions interact with each other is more
important here than a full understanding of the cpufeatures code, this
patch adds comments to make the functions' roles clearer.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Dave Martin <Dave.Martin at arm.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index 64729e2..92c2331 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ static void sve_probe_vqs(DECLARE_BITMAP(map, SVE_VQ_MAX))
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initialise the set of known supported VQs for the boot CPU.
+ * This is called during kernel boot, before secondary CPUs are brought up.
+ */
 void __init sve_init_vq_map(void)
 {
 	sve_probe_vqs(sve_vq_map);
@@ -656,6 +660,7 @@ void __init sve_init_vq_map(void)
 /*
  * If we haven't committed to the set of supported VQs yet, filter out
  * those not supported by the current CPU.
+ * This function is called during the bring-up of early secondary CPUs only.
  */
 void sve_update_vq_map(void)
 {
@@ -666,7 +671,10 @@ void sve_update_vq_map(void)
 	bitmap_or(sve_vq_partial_map, sve_vq_partial_map, tmp_map, SVE_VQ_MAX);
 }
 
-/* Check whether the current CPU supports all VQs in the committed set */
+/*
+ * Check whether the current CPU supports all VQs in the committed set.
+ * This function is called during the bring-up of late secondary CPUs only.
+ */
 int sve_verify_vq_map(void)
 {
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(tmp_map, SVE_VQ_MAX);
-- 
2.1.4



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