From: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: tyreld@linux.ibm.com, ajd@linux.ibm.com, aik@ozlabs.ru,
aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com, npiggin@gmail.com,
brking@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] powerpc/rtas: improve ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show documentation
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 09:06:26 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210408140630.205502-2-nathanl@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210408140630.205502-1-nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
Add kerneldoc for ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show(), the callback for
/proc/powerpc/rtas/rmo_buffer, explaining its expected use.
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
index 2d33f342a293..e0f8329966d6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/rtas-proc.c
@@ -757,7 +757,16 @@ static int ppc_rtas_tone_volume_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
#define RMO_READ_BUF_MAX 30
-/* RTAS Userspace access */
+/**
+ * ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show() - Describe RTAS-addressable region for user space.
+ *
+ * Base + size description of a range of RTAS-addressable memory set
+ * aside for user space to use as work area(s) for certain RTAS
+ * functions. User space accesses this region via /dev/mem. Apart from
+ * security policies, the kernel does not arbitrate or serialize
+ * access to this region, and user space must ensure that concurrent
+ * users do not interfere with each other.
+ */
static int ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
seq_printf(m, "%016lx %x\n", rtas_rmo_buf, RTAS_RMOBUF_MAX);
--
2.30.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-08 14:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-08 14:06 [PATCH v2 0/5] powerpc/rtas: miscellaneous cleanups Nathan Lynch
2021-04-08 14:06 ` Nathan Lynch [this message]
2021-04-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] powerpc/rtas-proc: remove unused RMO_READ_BUF_MAX Nathan Lynch
2021-04-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] powerpc/rtas: remove ibm_suspend_me_token Nathan Lynch
2021-04-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] powerpc/rtas: move syscall filter setup into separate function Nathan Lynch
2021-04-08 14:06 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] powerpc/rtas: rename RTAS_RMOBUF_MAX to RTAS_USER_REGION_SIZE Nathan Lynch
2021-04-12 7:45 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-04-14 17:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] powerpc/rtas: miscellaneous cleanups Christophe Leroy
2021-04-15 0:23 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-04-19 3:59 ` Michael Ellerman
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