Re: [PATCH] x86: kernel: cpu: resctrl: Fix kernel-doc in pseudo_lock.c

[Fabio M. De Francesco]

On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 1:30:34 AM CEST Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Fabio,
>
Hi Reinette,
> 
> Thank you very much for catching these. I am curious what your goal is
> because when I ran a kernel-doc check on the resctrl area there were
> many more warnings than are not addressed in this patch. Also, while
> this patch claims to fix the kernel-doc in pseudo_lock.c there seems to
> be a few more that are not addressed.
>
Actually this patch was just a preliminary test for checking if my 
contributions to this subsystem would be taken into consideration or 
completely ignored. That is the real reason why I just started with trying to 
fix only a couple of kernel-doc issues in pseudo_lock.c.
> 
> Are you planning to submit more
> patches to do a cleanup of kernel-doc or are these the only ones
> bothering you for some reason?
>
I'd like to submit more cleanup patches of kernel-doc, because I always read 
carefully the kernel-doc above the functions I want to understand. I have a 
long term plan to study the Linux code and try to contribute the better I can. 
I'm into Linux developing since about two months, so I'm a newcomer and I 
still have a lot to learn.
> 
> Could you please fixup the subject to conform to this area:
> "x86/resctrl: Fix kernel-doc in pseudo_lock.c"
> 
Sure. I was inadvertently using the drivers/staging convention I've used for 
the patches I've submitted there.
>
> For this subject to be accurate though it should fix all the kernel-doc
> warnings found in pseudo_lock.c - or if not it would be helpful to
> explain what the criteria for fixes are. I tested this by running:
> $ scripts/kernel-doc -v -none arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/*
> 
I've just run the above script and I see that there are a lot more warnings 
that I was expecting.

I want to fix as much as I can. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure I won't be able 
to fix them all, just because the inner working and the purpose of some 
functions are a bit obscure to me (at least until I get more knowledge of x86 
architecture - it may take a lot of time because I'm also studying other 
subsystems at the same time).

> On 6/2/2021 3:23 PM, Fabio M. De Francesco wrote:
> > Fixed sparse warnings about the descriptions of some function
> > parameters.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c | 4 +++-
> >   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
> > b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c index 
f6451abddb09..c3629db90570 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c
> > @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int pseudo_lock_fn(void *_rdtgrp)
> > 
> >   /**
> >   
> >    * rdtgroup_monitor_in_progress - Test if monitoring in progress
> > 
> > - * @r: resource group being queried
> > + * @rdtgrp: resource group being queried
> > 
> >    *
> >    * Return: 1 if monitor groups have been created for this resource
> >    * group, 0 otherwise.
> > 
> > @@ -1140,6 +1140,8 @@ static int measure_l3_residency(void *_plr)
> > 
> >   /**
> >   
> >    * pseudo_lock_measure_cycles - Trigger latency measure to pseudo-locked 
region
> > 
> > + * @rdtgrp: resource group to which the pseudo-locked region belongs
> > + * @sel: cache level selector
> 
> This is not correct. A more accurate description could be:
> "select which measurement to perform on pseudo-locked region"
>
Here it is an example of my lack of knowledge/experience. Obviously, I'll 
rewrite it according to your review.

To summarize: as soon as possible I'll submit a v2 patch with the kernel-doc 
fixes that I think I can understand. I am pretty sure that some fixes will not 
be to your standards and that for what regards some others I will not even be 
able to attempt to fix them :(

Thanks you very much for your kind reply,

Fabio
> 
> >    *
> >    * The measurement of latency to access a pseudo-locked region should be
> >    * done from a cpu that is associated with that pseudo-locked region.
> 
> Reinette