bootmem: add documentation to API functions

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@saeurebad.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Johannes Weiner 2008-07-23 21:28:01 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 57cfc29efa
commit a66fd7daec

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@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ static unsigned long __init get_mapsize(bootmem_data_t *bdata)
return ALIGN(mapsize, sizeof(long));
}
/* return the number of _pages_ that will be allocated for the boot bitmap */
/**
* bootmem_bootmap_pages - calculate bitmap size in pages
* @pages: number of pages the bitmap has to represent
*/
unsigned long __init bootmem_bootmap_pages(unsigned long pages)
{
unsigned long mapsize;
@ -104,12 +107,28 @@ static unsigned long __init init_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
return mapsize;
}
/**
* init_bootmem_node - register a node as boot memory
* @pgdat: node to register
* @freepfn: pfn where the bitmap for this node is to be placed
* @startpfn: first pfn on the node
* @endpfn: first pfn after the node
*
* Returns the number of bytes needed to hold the bitmap for this node.
*/
unsigned long __init init_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long freepfn,
unsigned long startpfn, unsigned long endpfn)
{
return init_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, freepfn, startpfn, endpfn);
}
/**
* init_bootmem - register boot memory
* @start: pfn where the bitmap is to be placed
* @pages: number of available physical pages
*
* Returns the number of bytes needed to hold the bitmap.
*/
unsigned long __init init_bootmem(unsigned long start, unsigned long pages)
{
max_low_pfn = pages;
@ -182,12 +201,23 @@ static unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata)
return count;
}
/**
* free_all_bootmem_node - release a node's free pages to the buddy allocator
* @pgdat: node to be released
*
* Returns the number of pages actually released.
*/
unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat)
{
register_page_bootmem_info_node(pgdat);
return free_all_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata);
}
/**
* free_all_bootmem - release free pages to the buddy allocator
*
* Returns the number of pages actually released.
*/
unsigned long __init free_all_bootmem(void)
{
return free_all_bootmem_core(NODE_DATA(0)->bdata);
@ -231,12 +261,32 @@ static void __init free_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata, unsigned long addr,
}
}
/**
* free_bootmem_node - mark a page range as usable
* @pgdat: node the range resides on
* @physaddr: starting address of the range
* @size: size of the range in bytes
*
* Partial pages will be considered reserved and left as they are.
*
* Only physical pages that actually reside on @pgdat are marked.
*/
void __init free_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
unsigned long size)
{
free_bootmem_core(pgdat->bdata, physaddr, size);
}
/**
* free_bootmem - mark a page range as usable
* @addr: starting address of the range
* @size: size of the range in bytes
*
* Partial pages will be considered reserved and left as they are.
*
* All physical pages within the range are marked, no matter what
* node they reside on.
*/
void __init free_bootmem(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
{
bootmem_data_t *bdata;
@ -319,6 +369,17 @@ static void __init reserve_bootmem_core(bootmem_data_t *bdata,
}
}
/**
* reserve_bootmem_node - mark a page range as reserved
* @pgdat: node the range resides on
* @physaddr: starting address of the range
* @size: size of the range in bytes
* @flags: reservation flags (see linux/bootmem.h)
*
* Partial pages will be reserved.
*
* Only physical pages that actually reside on @pgdat are marked.
*/
int __init reserve_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
unsigned long size, int flags)
{
@ -332,6 +393,17 @@ int __init reserve_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long physaddr,
}
#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_BOOTMEM_NODE
/**
* reserve_bootmem - mark a page range as usable
* @addr: starting address of the range
* @size: size of the range in bytes
* @flags: reservation flags (see linux/bootmem.h)
*
* Partial pages will be reserved.
*
* All physical pages within the range are marked, no matter what
* node they reside on.
*/
int __init reserve_bootmem(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
int flags)
{
@ -500,6 +572,19 @@ found:
return ret;
}
/**
* __alloc_bootmem_nopanic - allocate boot memory without panicking
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @align: alignment of the region
* @goal: preferred starting address of the region
*
* The goal is dropped if it can not be satisfied and the allocation will
* fall back to memory below @goal.
*
* Allocation may happen on any node in the system.
*
* Returns NULL on failure.
*/
void * __init __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
unsigned long goal)
{
@ -514,6 +599,19 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem_nopanic(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
return NULL;
}
/**
* __alloc_bootmem - allocate boot memory
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @align: alignment of the region
* @goal: preferred starting address of the region
*
* The goal is dropped if it can not be satisfied and the allocation will
* fall back to memory below @goal.
*
* Allocation may happen on any node in the system.
*
* The function panics if the request can not be satisfied.
*/
void * __init __alloc_bootmem(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
unsigned long goal)
{
@ -529,6 +627,21 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
return NULL;
}
/**
* __alloc_bootmem_node - allocate boot memory from a specific node
* @pgdat: node to allocate from
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @align: alignment of the region
* @goal: preferred starting address of the region
*
* The goal is dropped if it can not be satisfied and the allocation will
* fall back to memory below @goal.
*
* Allocation may fall back to any node in the system if the specified node
* can not hold the requested memory.
*
* The function panics if the request can not be satisfied.
*/
void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size,
unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
{
@ -542,6 +655,13 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM
/**
* alloc_bootmem_section - allocate boot memory from a specific section
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @section_nr: sparse map section to allocate from
*
* Return NULL on failure.
*/
void * __init alloc_bootmem_section(unsigned long size,
unsigned long section_nr)
{
@ -588,6 +708,19 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size,
#define ARCH_LOW_ADDRESS_LIMIT 0xffffffffUL
#endif
/**
* __alloc_bootmem_low - allocate low boot memory
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @align: alignment of the region
* @goal: preferred starting address of the region
*
* The goal is dropped if it can not be satisfied and the allocation will
* fall back to memory below @goal.
*
* Allocation may happen on any node in the system.
*
* The function panics if the request can not be satisfied.
*/
void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
unsigned long goal)
{
@ -609,6 +742,21 @@ void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low(unsigned long size, unsigned long align,
return NULL;
}
/**
* __alloc_bootmem_low_node - allocate low boot memory from a specific node
* @pgdat: node to allocate from
* @size: size of the request in bytes
* @align: alignment of the region
* @goal: preferred starting address of the region
*
* The goal is dropped if it can not be satisfied and the allocation will
* fall back to memory below @goal.
*
* Allocation may fall back to any node in the system if the specified node
* can not hold the requested memory.
*
* The function panics if the request can not be satisfied.
*/
void * __init __alloc_bootmem_low_node(pg_data_t *pgdat, unsigned long size,
unsigned long align, unsigned long goal)
{