Re: [PATCH] Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc

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Please drop, will be replaced by
linux-kernel-markers-architecture-independent-code-kerneldoc-implementation.patch

* Mathieu Desnoyers ([email protected]) wrote:
> Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code - kerneldoc
> 
> Add kerneldoc to Linux Kernel Markers API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected]
> ---
>  include/linux/marker.h |  108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/marker.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/linux/marker.h	2007-07-14 20:58:16.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/marker.h	2007-07-14 21:16:01.000000000 -0400
> @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
>  struct module;
>  struct __mark_marker;
>  
> +/**
> + * marker_probe_func - Type of a marker probe function
> + * @mdata: pointer of type struct __mark_marker
> + * @fmt: format string
> + * @...: variable argument list
> + *
> + * Type of marker probe functions. They receive the mdata and need to parse the
> + * format string to recover the variable argument list.
> + */
>  typedef void marker_probe_func(const struct __mark_marker *mdata,
>  	const char *fmt, ...);
>  
> @@ -88,18 +97,36 @@ extern void module_marker_update(struct 
>  static inline void module_marker_update(struct module *mod) { }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_MARKERS */
>  
> -/* Marker with default behavior */
> +/**
> + * trace_mark - Marker using code patching
> + * @name: marker name, not quoted.
> + * @format: format string
> + * @args...: variable argument list
> + *
> + * Places a marker using optimized code patching technique (immediate_if ())
> + * to be enabled.
> + */
>  #define trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
>  	__trace_mark(0, name, format, ## args)
> -/*
> - * Map to the generic marker. Should be used for markers in __init and __exit
> - * functions and in lockdep code.
> +
> +/**
> + * _trace_mark - Marker using variable read
> + * @name: marker name, not quoted.
> + * @format: format string
> + * @args...: variable argument list
> + *
> + * Places a marker using a standard memory read (_immediate_if ()) to be
> + * enabled. Should be used for markers in __init and __exit functions and in
> + * lockdep code.
>   */
>  #define _trace_mark(name, format, args...) \
>  	__trace_mark(1, name, format, ## args)
>  
>  #define MARK_MAX_FORMAT_LEN	1024
> -/* Pass this as a format string for a marker with no argument */
> +
> +/**
> + * MARK_NOARGS - Format string for a marker with no argument.
> + */
>  #define MARK_NOARGS " "
>  
>  /* To be used for string format validity checking with gcc */
> @@ -109,27 +136,90 @@ static inline void __mark_check_format(c
>  
>  extern marker_probe_func __mark_empty_function;
>  
> -/*
> - * Connect a probe to a markers.
> +/**
> + * marker_probe_register -  Connect a probe to a marker
> + * @name: marker name
> + * @format: format string
> + * @probe: probe handler
> + * @pdata: probe private data
> + *
>   * pdata must be a valid allocated memory address, or NULL.
> + * Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
>   */
>  extern int marker_probe_register(const char *name, const char *format,
>  				marker_probe_func *probe, void *pdata);
>  
> -/*
> +/**
> + * marker_probe_unregister -  Disconnect a probe from a marker
> + * @name: marker name
> + *
>   * Returns the pdata given to marker_probe_register.
>   */
>  extern void *marker_probe_unregister(const char *name);
> -/*
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_probe_unregister -  Disconnect a probe from a marker
> + * @pdata: probe private data
> + *
>   * Unregister a marker by providing the registered pdata.
> + * Returns the pdata given to marker_probe_register.
>   */
>  extern void *marker_probe_unregister_pdata(void *pdata);
>  
> +/**
> + * marker_arm - Arm a marker
> + * @name: marker name
> + *
> + * Activate a marker. It keeps a reference count of the number of
> + * arming/disarming done.
> + * Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
> + */
>  extern int marker_arm(const char *name);
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_disarm - Disarm a marker
> + * @name: marker name
> + *
> + * Disarm a marker. It keeps a reference count of the number of arming/disarming
> + * done.
> + * Returns 0 if ok, error value on error.
> + */
>  extern int marker_disarm(const char *name);
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_get_first - Get first marker to start iteration
> + *
> + * Get the first marker found in the kernel. It should have a matching
> + * marker_release.
> + */
>  extern struct __mark_marker *marker_get_first(void);
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_get_next - Get next marker of an iteration
> + * @iter: previous marker
> + *
> + * Get the next marker found in the kernel. It should get its previous marker
> + * from either marker_get_first() or marker_get_next().
> + */
>  extern struct __mark_marker *marker_get_next(struct __mark_marker *iter);
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_release - Release the marker iterator
> + * @iter: previous marker
> + *
> + * Release the ressources held to insure iterator validity.
> + */
>  extern void marker_release(struct __mark_marker *iter);
> +
> +/**
> + * marker_get_pdata - Get a marker's probe private data
> + * @name: marker name
> + *
> + * Returns the pdata pointer, or an ERR_PTR.
> + * The pdata pointer should _only_ be dereferenced if the caller is the owner of
> + * the data, or its content could vanish. This is mostly used to confirm that a
> + * caller is the owner of a registered probe.
> + */
>  extern void *marker_get_pdata(const char *name);
>  
>  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
> -- 
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

-- 
Mathieu Desnoyers
Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F  BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68
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