sched: add kernel doc for the completion, fix kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

This patch adds kernel doc for the completion feature.

An error in the split-man.pl PERL snippet in kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt is
also fixed.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Diggs <kevdig@hypersurf.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt

@@ -168,10 +168,10 @@ if ($#ARGV < 0) {
 mkdir $ARGV[0],0777;
 $state = 0;
 while (<STDIN>) {
-    if (/^\.TH \"[^\"]*\" 4 \"([^\"]*)\"/) {
+    if (/^\.TH \"[^\"]*\" 9 \"([^\"]*)\"/) {
 	if ($state == 1) { close OUT }
 	$state = 1;
-	$fn = "$ARGV[0]/$1.4";
+	$fn = "$ARGV[0]/$1.9";
 	print STDERR "Creating $fn\n";
 	open OUT, ">$fn" or die "can't open $fn: $!\n";
 	print OUT $_;

include/linux/completion.h

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
 
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
+/**
+ * struct completion - structure used to maintain state for a "completion"
+ *
+ * This is the opaque structure used to maintain the state for a "completion".
+ * Completions currently use a FIFO to queue threads that have to wait for
+ * the "completion" event.
+ *
+ * See also:  complete(), wait_for_completion() (and friends _timeout,
+ * _interruptible, _interruptible_timeout, and _killable), init_completion(),
+ * and macros DECLARE_COMPLETION(), DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(), and
+ * INIT_COMPLETION().
+ */
 struct completion {
 	unsigned int done;
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;
@@ -21,6 +33,14 @@ struct completion {
 #define COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(work) \
 	({ init_completion(&work); work; })
 
+/**
+ * DECLARE_COMPLETION: - declare and initialize a completion structure
+ * @work:  identifier for the completion structure
+ *
+ * This macro declares and initializes a completion structure. Generally used
+ * for static declarations. You should use the _ONSTACK variant for automatic
+ * variables.
+ */
 #define DECLARE_COMPLETION(work) \
 	struct completion work = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER(work)
 
@@ -29,6 +49,13 @@ struct completion {
  * completions - so we use the _ONSTACK() variant for those that
  * are on the kernel stack:
  */
+/**
+ * DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK: - declare and initialize a completion structure
+ * @work:  identifier for the completion structure
+ *
+ * This macro declares and initializes a completion structure on the kernel
+ * stack.
+ */
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 # define DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(work) \
 	struct completion work = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(work)
@@ -36,6 +63,13 @@ struct completion {
 # define DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(work) DECLARE_COMPLETION(work)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * init_completion: - Initialize a dynamically allocated completion
+ * @x:  completion structure that is to be initialized
+ *
+ * This inline function will initialize a dynamically created completion
+ * structure.
+ */
 static inline void init_completion(struct completion *x)
 {
 	x->done = 0;
@@ -55,6 +89,13 @@ extern bool completion_done(struct completion *x);
 extern void complete(struct completion *);
 extern void complete_all(struct completion *);
 
+/**
+ * INIT_COMPLETION: - reinitialize a completion structure
+ * @x:  completion structure to be reinitialized
+ *
+ * This macro should be used to reinitialize a completion structure so it can
+ * be reused. This is especially important after complete_all() is used.
+ */
 #define INIT_COMPLETION(x)	((x).done = 0)
 
 

kernel/sched.c

@@ -4565,6 +4565,15 @@ __wake_up_sync(wait_queue_head_t *q, unsigned int mode, int nr_exclusive)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__wake_up_sync);	/* For internal use only */
 
+/**
+ * complete: - signals a single thread waiting on this completion
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ *
+ * This will wake up a single thread waiting on this completion. Threads will be
+ * awakened in the same order in which they were queued.
+ *
+ * See also complete_all(), wait_for_completion() and related routines.
+ */
 void complete(struct completion *x)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -4576,6 +4585,12 @@ void complete(struct completion *x)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(complete);
 
+/**
+ * complete_all: - signals all threads waiting on this completion
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ *
+ * This will wake up all threads waiting on this particular completion event.
+ */
 void complete_all(struct completion *x)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -4624,12 +4639,31 @@ wait_for_common(struct completion *x, long timeout, int state)
 	return timeout;
 }
 
+/**
+ * wait_for_completion: - waits for completion of a task
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ *
+ * This waits to be signaled for completion of a specific task. It is NOT
+ * interruptible and there is no timeout.
+ *
+ * See also similar routines (i.e. wait_for_completion_timeout()) with timeout
+ * and interrupt capability. Also see complete().
+ */
 void __sched wait_for_completion(struct completion *x)
 {
 	wait_for_common(x, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion);
 
+/**
+ * wait_for_completion_timeout: - waits for completion of a task (w/timeout)
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ * @timeout:  timeout value in jiffies
+ *
+ * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
+ * specified timeout to expire. The timeout is in jiffies. It is not
+ * interruptible.
+ */
 unsigned long __sched
 wait_for_completion_timeout(struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout)
 {
@@ -4637,6 +4671,13 @@ wait_for_completion_timeout(struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_timeout);
 
+/**
+ * wait_for_completion_interruptible: - waits for completion of a task (w/intr)
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ *
+ * This waits for completion of a specific task to be signaled. It is
+ * interruptible.
+ */
 int __sched wait_for_completion_interruptible(struct completion *x)
 {
 	long t = wait_for_common(x, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
@@ -4646,6 +4687,14 @@ int __sched wait_for_completion_interruptible(struct completion *x)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_interruptible);
 
+/**
+ * wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout: - waits for completion (w/(to,intr))
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ * @timeout:  timeout value in jiffies
+ *
+ * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
+ * specified timeout to expire. It is interruptible. The timeout is in jiffies.
+ */
 unsigned long __sched
 wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *x,
 					  unsigned long timeout)
@@ -4654,6 +4703,13 @@ wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *x,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout);
 
+/**
+ * wait_for_completion_killable: - waits for completion of a task (killable)
+ * @x:  holds the state of this particular completion
+ *
+ * This waits to be signaled for completion of a specific task. It can be
+ * interrupted by a kill signal.
+ */
 int __sched wait_for_completion_killable(struct completion *x)
 {
 	long t = wait_for_common(x, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, TASK_KILLABLE);