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authorSteffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>2010-05-18 23:44:27 -0400
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2010-05-18 23:44:27 -0400
commit0198ffd135f51d4fbb0c50036395716c06632ed9 (patch)
tree70ee8c360df43a2077eac0e033ab54a65394a29f /include/linux/padata.h
parent2b73b07ab8a44ce171e07a328439f311481a7ea7 (diff)
padata: Add some code comments
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/padata.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/padata.h b/include/linux/padata.h
index 64836a63bd17..8d8406246eef 100644
--- a/include/linux/padata.h
+++ b/include/linux/padata.h
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
26#include <linux/list.h> 26#include <linux/list.h>
27#include <linux/timer.h> 27#include <linux/timer.h>
28 28
29/**
30 * struct padata_priv - Embedded to the users data structure.
31 *
32 * @list: List entry, to attach to the padata lists.
33 * @pd: Pointer to the internal control structure.
34 * @cb_cpu: Callback cpu for serializatioon.
35 * @seq_nr: Sequence number of the parallelized data object.
36 * @info: Used to pass information from the parallel to the serial function.
37 * @parallel: Parallel execution function.
38 * @serial: Serial complete function.
39 */
29struct padata_priv { 40struct padata_priv {
30 struct list_head list; 41 struct list_head list;
31 struct parallel_data *pd; 42 struct parallel_data *pd;
@@ -36,11 +47,29 @@ struct padata_priv {
36 void (*serial)(struct padata_priv *padata); 47 void (*serial)(struct padata_priv *padata);
37}; 48};
38 49
50/**
51 * struct padata_list
52 *
53 * @list: List head.
54 * @lock: List lock.
55 */
39struct padata_list { 56struct padata_list {
40 struct list_head list; 57 struct list_head list;
41 spinlock_t lock; 58 spinlock_t lock;
42}; 59};
43 60
61/**
62 * struct padata_queue - The percpu padata queues.
63 *
64 * @parallel: List to wait for parallelization.
65 * @reorder: List to wait for reordering after parallel processing.
66 * @serial: List to wait for serialization after reordering.
67 * @pwork: work struct for parallelization.
68 * @swork: work struct for serialization.
69 * @pd: Backpointer to the internal control structure.
70 * @num_obj: Number of objects that are processed by this cpu.
71 * @cpu_index: Index of the cpu.
72 */
44struct padata_queue { 73struct padata_queue {
45 struct padata_list parallel; 74 struct padata_list parallel;
46 struct padata_list reorder; 75 struct padata_list reorder;
@@ -52,6 +81,20 @@ struct padata_queue {
52 int cpu_index; 81 int cpu_index;
53}; 82};
54 83
84/**
85 * struct parallel_data - Internal control structure, covers everything
86 * that depends on the cpumask in use.
87 *
88 * @pinst: padata instance.
89 * @queue: percpu padata queues.
90 * @seq_nr: The sequence number that will be attached to the next object.
91 * @reorder_objects: Number of objects waiting in the reorder queues.
92 * @refcnt: Number of objects holding a reference on this parallel_data.
93 * @max_seq_nr: Maximal used sequence number.
94 * @cpumask: cpumask in use.
95 * @lock: Reorder lock.
96 * @timer: Reorder timer.
97 */
55struct parallel_data { 98struct parallel_data {
56 struct padata_instance *pinst; 99 struct padata_instance *pinst;
57 struct padata_queue *queue; 100 struct padata_queue *queue;
@@ -64,6 +107,16 @@ struct parallel_data {
64 struct timer_list timer; 107 struct timer_list timer;
65}; 108};
66 109
110/**
111 * struct padata_instance - The overall control structure.
112 *
113 * @cpu_notifier: cpu hotplug notifier.
114 * @wq: The workqueue in use.
115 * @pd: The internal control structure.
116 * @cpumask: User supplied cpumask.
117 * @lock: padata instance lock.
118 * @flags: padata flags.
119 */
67struct padata_instance { 120struct padata_instance {
68 struct notifier_block cpu_notifier; 121 struct notifier_block cpu_notifier;
69 struct workqueue_struct *wq; 122 struct workqueue_struct *wq;