Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | [PATCH] [18/26] i386: Update smp_call_function* comments | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:46:27 +0200 (CEST) |
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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> Update documentation for i386 smp_call_function* functions.
As reported by Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
[ I've posted this before but it seems to have been lost along the way. ]
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
--- arch/i386/kernel/smp.c | 25 +++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
=================================================================== Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c @@ -554,8 +554,10 @@ static void __smp_call_function(void (*f * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to the function. * @wait: If true, wait (atomically) until function has completed on other CPUs. * - * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code. Does not return until - * remote CPUs are nearly ready to execute <<func>> or are or have finished. + * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code. + * + * If @wait is true, then returns once @func has returned; otherwise + * it returns just before the target cpu calls @func. * * You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or from a * hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler. @@ -617,11 +619,13 @@ int native_smp_call_function_mask(cpumas * smp_call_function(): Run a function on all other CPUs. * @func: The function to run. This must be fast and non-blocking. * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to the function. - * @nonatomic: currently unused. + * @nonatomic: Unused. * @wait: If true, wait (atomically) until function has completed on other CPUs. * - * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code. Does not return until - * remote CPUs are nearly ready to execute <<func>> or are or have executed. + * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code. + * + * If @wait is true, then returns once @func has returned; otherwise + * it returns just before the target cpu calls @func. * * You must not call this function with disabled interrupts or from a * hardware interrupt handler or from a bottom half handler. @@ -633,17 +637,18 @@ int smp_call_function(void (*func) (void } EXPORT_SYMBOL(smp_call_function); -/* +/** * smp_call_function_single - Run a function on another CPU + * @cpu: The target CPU. Cannot be the calling CPU. * @func: The function to run. This must be fast and non-blocking. * @info: An arbitrary pointer to pass to the function. - * @nonatomic: Currently unused. + * @nonatomic: Unused. * @wait: If true, wait until function has completed on other CPUs. * - * Retrurns 0 on success, else a negative status code. + * Returns 0 on success, else a negative status code. * - * Does not return until the remote CPU is nearly ready to execute <func> - * or is or has executed. + * If @wait is true, then returns once @func has returned; otherwise + * it returns just before the target cpu calls @func. */ int smp_call_function_single(int cpu, void (*func) (void *info), void *info, int nonatomic, int wait) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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