On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 03:48:18PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 09:45:06AM -0600, Andy Gross wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 02:40:08PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 04:31:57PM -0600, Andy Gross wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/include/linux/arm-smccc.h b/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
> > > > index b5abfda..3e28d08 100644
> > > > --- a/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
> > > > +++ b/include/linux/arm-smccc.h
> > > > @@ -72,19 +72,33 @@ struct arm_smccc_res {
> > > > };
> > > >
> > > > /**
> > > > - * arm_smccc_smc() - make SMC calls
> > > > + * struct arm_smccc_quirk - Contains quirk information
> > > > + * id contains quirk identification
> > > > + * state contains the quirk specific information
> > >
> > > Given that this is a kerneldoc comment, it should really conform to the
> > > kerneldoc requirements - see Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt:
> > >
> > > /**
> > > * struct arm_smccc_quirk - Contains quirk information
> > > * @id: quirk identification
> > > * @state: the quirk specific information
> >
> > Ah, I flubbed that. I'll fix this.
> >
> > >
> > > > + */
> > > > +struct arm_smccc_quirk {
> > > > + int id;
> > > > + union {
> > > > + unsigned long a6;
> > > > + } state;
> > > > +};
> > > > +
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * __arm_smccc_smc() - make SMC calls
> > > > * @a0-a7: arguments passed in registers 0 to 7
> > > > * @res: result values from registers 0 to 3
> > > > + * @quirk: optional quirk structure
> > > > *
> > > > * This function is used to make SMC calls following SMC Calling Convention.
> > > > * The content of the supplied param are copied to registers 0 to 7 prior
> > > > * to the SMC instruction. The return values are updated with the content
> > > > - * from register 0 to 3 on return from the SMC instruction.
> > > > + * from register 0 to 3 on return from the SMC instruction. An optional
> > > > + * quirk structure provides vendor specific behavior.
> > >
> > > It's quite odd to have the result buried in the middle of arguments
> > > passed to a function, but I guess for the sake of simplicity in the
> > > assembly code that's what we need.
> > >
> > > Also:
> > >
> > > "@quirk points to an arm_smccc_quirk, or NULL when no quirks are required."
> >
> > Fixed.
> >
> > >
> > > And... should this not be const? Are we expecting anyone to modify
> > > the quirk structure?
> >
> > No, unfortunately. For qcom, we are stuffing the contents of a6 into the
> > structure so the caller can get that information.
>
> Please add that detail to the kerneldoc comments for the structure
> concerning state.a6. It's important that such information is not
> lost in the depths of history.
For documentation, should I split out the union separately? I don't see any
good examples for documenting union members in unions defined inside structures.
Regards,
Andy
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