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, brking@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] powerpc/rtas: improve ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show documentation
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:59:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210114220004.1138993-2-nathanl@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210114220004.1138993-1-nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
Add kerneldoc for ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show(), the callback for
/proc/powerpc/rtas/rmo_buffer, explaining its expected use.
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);
--
2.29.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-14 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-14 21:59 [PATCH 0/6] powerpc/rtas: miscellaneous cleanups, user region allocation Nathan Lynch
2021-01-14 21:59 ` Nathan Lynch [this message]
2021-01-15 4:38 ` [PATCH 1/6] powerpc/rtas: improve ppc_rtas_rmo_buf_show documentation Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 5:50 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-01-14 22:00 ` [PATCH 2/6] powerpc/rtas-proc: remove unused RMO_READ_BUF_MAX Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 4:38 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 5:52 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-01-14 22:00 ` [PATCH 3/6] powerpc/rtas: remove ibm_suspend_me_token Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 4:38 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 5:52 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-01-14 22:00 ` [PATCH 4/6] powerpc/rtas: move syscall filter setup into separate function Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 4:39 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 16:04 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 5:49 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-01-14 22:00 ` [PATCH 5/6] powerpc/rtas: rename RTAS_RMOBUF_MAX to RTAS_USER_REGION_SIZE Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 4:38 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 15:56 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-18 4:15 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-20 1:17 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-20 5:05 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-21 15:17 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 6:10 ` Andrew Donnellan
2021-01-15 12:04 ` kernel test robot
2021-01-14 22:00 ` [PATCH 6/6] powerpc/rtas: constrain user region allocation to RMA Nathan Lynch
2021-01-15 4:38 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-15 15:38 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-18 4:12 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-20 0:39 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-20 4:49 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-20 12:06 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-01-21 15:27 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-23 1:54 ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2021-01-19 9:00 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-01-19 21:00 ` Nathan Lynch
2021-01-20 12:13 ` Michael Ellerman
2021-01-21 0:26 ` Nathan Lynch
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