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>

1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 29e2ec0..93f5ea0 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/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);