rcu: Add comment headers to expedited-grace-period counter functions

These functions (rcu_exp_gp_seq_start(), rcu_exp_gp_seq_end(),
rcu_exp_gp_seq_snap(), and rcu_exp_gp_seq_done() seemed too obvious
to comment when written, but not so much when being documented.
This commit therefore adds header comments to each of them.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
index e59e184..303df97 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_exp.h
@@ -20,16 +20,26 @@
  * Authors: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 
-/* Wrapper functions for expedited grace periods.  */
+/*
+ * Record the start of an expedited grace period.
+ */
 static void rcu_exp_gp_seq_start(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 {
        rcu_seq_start(&rsp->expedited_sequence);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Record the end of an expedited grace period.
+ */
 static void rcu_exp_gp_seq_end(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 {
        rcu_seq_end(&rsp->expedited_sequence);
        smp_mb(); /* Ensure that consecutive grace periods serialize. */
 }
+
+/*
+ * Take a snapshot of the expedited-grace-period counter.
+ */
 static unsigned long rcu_exp_gp_seq_snap(struct rcu_state *rsp)
 {
        unsigned long s;
@@ -39,6 +49,12 @@ static unsigned long rcu_exp_gp_seq_snap(struct rcu_state *rsp)
        trace_rcu_exp_grace_period(rsp->name, s, TPS("snap"));
        return s;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Given a counter snapshot from rcu_exp_gp_seq_snap(), return true
+ * if a full expedited grace period has elapsed since that snapshot
+ * was taken.
+ */
 static bool rcu_exp_gp_seq_done(struct rcu_state *rsp, unsigned long s)
 {
        return rcu_seq_done(&rsp->expedited_sequence, s);