Commit a0dbb819 authored by Rafael J. Wysocki's avatar Rafael J. Wysocki

cpufreq: Add kerneldoc comments for two core functions

Add kerneldoc comments describing cpufreq_set_policy() and
cpufreq_update_policy() as they have not been properly documented
so far and they really need to be documented.

While at it, fix white space around the cpufreq_set_policy() header.
Signed-off-by: default avatarRafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: default avatarViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
parent ab0ef5d5
......@@ -2218,12 +2218,25 @@ int cpufreq_get_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_get_policy);
/*
* policy : current policy.
* new_policy: policy to be set.
/**
* cpufreq_set_policy - Modify cpufreq policy parameters.
* @policy: Policy object to modify.
* @new_policy: New policy data.
*
* Pass @new_policy to the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback, run the
* installed policy notifiers for it with the CPUFREQ_ADJUST value, pass it to
* the driver's ->verify() callback again and run the notifiers for it again
* with the CPUFREQ_NOTIFY value. Next, copy the min and max parameters
* of @new_policy to @policy and either invoke the driver's ->setpolicy()
* callback (if present) or carry out a governor update for @policy. That is,
* run the current governor's ->limits() callback (if the governor field in
* @new_policy points to the same object as the one in @policy) or replace the
* governor for @policy with the new one stored in @new_policy.
*
* The cpuinfo part of @policy is not updated by this function.
*/
static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy)
struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy)
{
struct cpufreq_governor *old_gov;
int ret;
......@@ -2319,11 +2332,14 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
}
/**
* cpufreq_update_policy - re-evaluate an existing cpufreq policy
* @cpu: CPU which shall be re-evaluated
* cpufreq_update_policy - Re-evaluate an existing cpufreq policy.
* @cpu: CPU to re-evaluate the policy for.
*
* Useful for policy notifiers which have different necessities
* at different times.
* Update the current frequency for the cpufreq policy of @cpu and use
* cpufreq_set_policy() to re-apply the min and max limits saved in the
* user_policy sub-structure of that policy, which triggers the evaluation
* of policy notifiers and the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback for the
* policy in question, among other things.
*/
void cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu)
{
......
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