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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>, "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Update smp_call_function* comments
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:27:51 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <461BF347.8070400@goop.org> (raw)

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>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>

---
 arch/i386/kernel/smp.c |   27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

===================================================================
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
@@ -570,8 +570,10 @@ static int __smp_call_function_mask(cpum
  * @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.
@@ -593,11 +595,13 @@ int smp_call_function_mask(cpumask_t mas
  * 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.
@@ -609,17 +613,18 @@ 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.
- *
- * Does not return until the remote CPU is nearly ready to execute <func>
- * or is or has 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.
  */
 int smp_call_function_single(int cpu, void (*func) (void *info), void *info,
 			     int nonatomic, int wait)


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