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authorStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2010-07-07 13:26:18 +0200
committerStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>2010-07-13 09:47:47 +0200
commit656b7afd40a9f2b0d6cf8ef1972681961b428558 (patch)
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parentfirewire: cdev: check write quadlet request length to avoid buffer overflow (diff)
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firewire: core: fix fw_send_request kerneldoc comment
The present inline documentation of the fw_send_request() in-kernel API refers to userland code that is not applicable to kernel drivers at all. Reported-by: Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com> While we are at fixing the whole documentation of fw_send_request(), also improve the rest of firewire-core's kerneldoc comments: - Add a bit of text concerning fw_run_transaction()'s call parameters. - Append () to function names and tab-align parameter descriptions as suggested by the example in Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt. - Remove kerneldoc markers from comments on static functions. - Remove outdated parameter descriptions at build_tree(). Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c84
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
index fcb455c08200..7813da8a1293 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/core-transaction.c
@@ -273,43 +273,49 @@ static int allocate_tlabel(struct fw_card *card)
}
/**
- * This function provides low-level access to the IEEE1394 transaction
- * logic. Most C programs would use either fw_read(), fw_write() or
- * fw_lock() instead - those function are convenience wrappers for
- * this function. The fw_send_request() function is primarily
- * provided as a flexible, one-stop entry point for languages bindings
- * and protocol bindings.
+ * fw_send_request() - submit a request packet for transmission
+ * @card: interface to send the request at
+ * @t: transaction instance to which the request belongs
+ * @tcode: transaction code
+ * @destination_id: destination node ID, consisting of bus_ID and phy_ID
+ * @generation: bus generation in which request and response are valid
+ * @speed: transmission speed
+ * @offset: 48bit wide offset into destination's address space
+ * @payload: data payload for the request subaction
+ * @length: length of the payload, in bytes
+ * @callback: function to be called when the transaction is completed
+ * @callback_data: data to be passed to the transaction completion callback
*
- * FIXME: Document this function further, in particular the possible
- * values for rcode in the callback. In short, we map ACK_COMPLETE to
- * RCODE_COMPLETE, internal errors set errno and set rcode to
- * RCODE_SEND_ERROR (which is out of range for standard ieee1394
- * rcodes). All other rcodes are forwarded unchanged. For all
- * errors, payload is NULL, length is 0.
+ * Submit a request packet into the asynchronous request transmission queue.
+ * Can be called from atomic context. If you prefer a blocking API, use
+ * fw_run_transaction() in a context that can sleep.
*
- * Can not expect the callback to be called before the function
- * returns, though this does happen in some cases (ACK_COMPLETE and
- * errors).
+ * In case of lock requests, specify one of the firewire-core specific %TCODE_
+ * constants instead of %TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST in @tcode.
*
- * The payload is only used for write requests and must not be freed
- * until the callback has been called.
+ * Make sure that the value in @destination_id is not older than the one in
+ * @generation. Otherwise the request is in danger to be sent to a wrong node.
*
- * @param card the card from which to send the request
- * @param tcode the tcode for this transaction. Do not use
- * TCODE_LOCK_REQUEST directly, instead use TCODE_LOCK_MASK_SWAP
- * etc. to specify tcode and ext_tcode.
- * @param node_id the destination node ID (bus ID and PHY ID concatenated)
- * @param generation the generation for which node_id is valid
- * @param speed the speed to use for sending the request
- * @param offset the 48 bit offset on the destination node
- * @param payload the data payload for the request subaction
- * @param length the length in bytes of the data to read
- * @param callback function to be called when the transaction is completed
- * @param callback_data pointer to arbitrary data, which will be
- * passed to the callback
- *
- * In case of asynchronous stream packets i.e. TCODE_STREAM_DATA, the caller
+ * In case of asynchronous stream packets i.e. %TCODE_STREAM_DATA, the caller
* needs to synthesize @destination_id with fw_stream_packet_destination_id().
+ * It will contain tag, channel, and sy data instead of a node ID then.
+ *
+ * The payload buffer at @data is going to be DMA-mapped except in case of
+ * quadlet-sized payload or of local (loopback) requests. Hence make sure that
+ * the buffer complies with the restrictions for DMA-mapped memory. The
+ * @payload must not be freed before the @callback is called.
+ *
+ * In case of request types without payload, @data is NULL and @length is 0.
+ *
+ * After the transaction is completed successfully or unsuccessfully, the
+ * @callback will be called. Among its parameters is the response code which
+ * is either one of the rcodes per IEEE 1394 or, in case of internal errors,
+ * the firewire-core specific %RCODE_SEND_ERROR.
+ *
+ * Note some timing corner cases: fw_send_request() may complete much earlier
+ * than when the request packet actually hits the wire. On the other hand,
+ * transaction completion and hence execution of @callback may happen even
+ * before fw_send_request() returns.
*/
void fw_send_request(struct fw_card *card, struct fw_transaction *t, int tcode,
int destination_id, int generation, int speed,
@@ -375,9 +381,11 @@ static void transaction_callback(struct fw_card *card, int rcode,
}
/**
- * fw_run_transaction - send request and sleep until transaction is completed
+ * fw_run_transaction() - send request and sleep until transaction is completed
*
- * Returns the RCODE.
+ * Returns the RCODE. See fw_send_request() for parameter documentation.
+ * Unlike fw_send_request(), @data points to the payload of the request or/and
+ * to the payload of the response.
*/
int fw_run_transaction(struct fw_card *card, int tcode, int destination_id,
int generation, int speed, unsigned long long offset,
@@ -495,9 +503,9 @@ static bool is_in_fcp_region(u64 offset, size_t length)
}
/**
- * fw_core_add_address_handler - register for incoming requests
- * @handler: callback
- * @region: region in the IEEE 1212 node space address range
+ * fw_core_add_address_handler() - register for incoming requests
+ * @handler: callback
+ * @region: region in the IEEE 1212 node space address range
*
* region->start, ->end, and handler->length have to be quadlet-aligned.
*
@@ -552,7 +560,7 @@ int fw_core_add_address_handler(struct fw_address_handler *handler,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(fw_core_add_address_handler);
/**
- * fw_core_remove_address_handler - unregister an address handler
+ * fw_core_remove_address_handler() - unregister an address handler
*/
void fw_core_remove_address_handler(struct fw_address_handler *handler)
{