@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ static acpi_status get_event_data(const struct wmi_block *wblock, struct acpi_bu
* @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
* @length: Required buffer size
*
- * Allocates memory needed for buffer, stores the buffer size in that memory
+ * Allocates memory needed for buffer, stores the buffer size in that memory.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code for failure.
*/
int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length)
{
@@ -269,7 +271,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_required_buffer_size);
* @in: Buffer containing input for the method call
* @out: Empty buffer to return the method results
*
- * Call an ACPI-WMI method
+ * Call an ACPI-WMI method, the caller must free @out.
+ *
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmi_evaluate_method(const char *guid_string, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
const struct acpi_buffer *in, struct acpi_buffer *out)
@@ -294,7 +298,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_evaluate_method);
* @in: Buffer containing input for the method call
* @out: Empty buffer to return the method results
*
- * Call an ACPI-WMI method
+ * Call an ACPI-WMI method, the caller must free @out.
+ *
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance, u32 method_id,
const struct acpi_buffer *in, struct acpi_buffer *out)
@@ -411,7 +417,9 @@ static acpi_status __query_block(struct wmi_block *wblock, u8 instance,
* @instance: Instance index
* @out: Empty buffer to return the contents of the data block to
*
- * Return the contents of an ACPI-WMI data block to a buffer
+ * Query a ACPI-WMI block, the caller must free @out.
+ *
+ * Return: ACPI object containing the content of the WMI block.
*/
acpi_status wmi_query_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
struct acpi_buffer *out)
@@ -427,6 +435,15 @@ acpi_status wmi_query_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_query_block);
+/**
+ * wmidev_block_query - Return contents of a WMI block
+ * @wdev: A wmi bus device from a driver
+ * @instance: Instance index
+ *
+ * Query an ACPI-WMI block, the caller must free the result.
+ *
+ * Return: ACPI object containing the content of the WMI block.
+ */
union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev, u8 instance)
{
struct acpi_buffer out = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
@@ -445,7 +462,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmidev_block_query);
* @instance: Instance index
* @in: Buffer containing new values for the data block
*
- * Write the contents of the input buffer to an ACPI-WMI data block
+ * Write the contents of the input buffer to an ACPI-WMI data block.
+ *
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmi_set_block(const char *guid_string, u8 instance,
const struct acpi_buffer *in)
@@ -555,6 +574,8 @@ static void wmi_notify_debug(u32 value, void *context)
* @data: Data to be returned to handler when event is fired
*
* Register a handler for events sent to the ACPI-WMI mapper device.
+ *
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmi_install_notify_handler(const char *guid,
wmi_notify_handler handler,
@@ -597,6 +618,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_install_notify_handler);
* @guid: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
*
* Unregister handler for events sent to the ACPI-WMI mapper device.
+ *
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmi_remove_notify_handler(const char *guid)
{
@@ -641,9 +664,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_remove_notify_handler);
* wmi_get_event_data - Get WMI data associated with an event
*
* @event: Event to find
- * @out: Buffer to hold event data. out->pointer should be freed with kfree()
+ * @out: Buffer to hold event data
+ *
+ * Get extra data associated with an WMI event, the caller needs to free @out.
*
- * Returns extra data associated with an event in WMI.
+ * Return: acpi_status signaling success or error.
*/
acpi_status wmi_get_event_data(u32 event, struct acpi_buffer *out)
{
@@ -664,7 +689,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_get_event_data);
* wmi_has_guid - Check if a GUID is available
* @guid_string: 36 char string of the form fa50ff2b-f2e8-45de-83fa-65417f2f49ba
*
- * Check if a given GUID is defined by _WDG
+ * Check if a given GUID is defined by _WDG.
+ *
+ * Return: True if GUID is available, false otherwise.
*/
bool wmi_has_guid(const char *guid_string)
{
@@ -678,7 +705,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_has_guid);
*
* Find the _UID of ACPI device associated with this WMI GUID.
*
- * Return: The ACPI _UID field value or NULL if the WMI GUID was not found
+ * Return: The ACPI _UID field value or NULL if the WMI GUID was not found.
*/
char *wmi_get_acpi_device_uid(const char *guid_string)
{
@@ -1454,6 +1481,12 @@ int __must_check __wmi_driver_register(struct wmi_driver *driver,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wmi_driver_register);
+/**
+ * wmi_driver_unregister() - Unregister a WMI driver
+ * @driver: WMI driver to unregister
+ *
+ * Unregisters a WMI driver from the WMI bus.
+ */
void wmi_driver_unregister(struct wmi_driver *driver)
{
driver_unregister(&driver->driver);
@@ -13,25 +13,44 @@
#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
#include <uapi/linux/wmi.h>
+/**
+ * struct wmi_device - WMI device structure
+ * @dev: Device associated with this WMI device
+ * @setable: True for devices implementing the Set Control Method
+ *
+ * This represents WMI devices discovered by the WMI driver core.
+ */
struct wmi_device {
struct device dev;
- /* True for data blocks implementing the Set Control Method */
+ /* private: used by the WMI driver core */
bool setable;
};
-/* evaluate the ACPI method associated with this device */
extern acpi_status wmidev_evaluate_method(struct wmi_device *wdev,
u8 instance, u32 method_id,
const struct acpi_buffer *in,
struct acpi_buffer *out);
-/* Caller must kfree the result. */
extern union acpi_object *wmidev_block_query(struct wmi_device *wdev,
u8 instance);
extern int set_required_buffer_size(struct wmi_device *wdev, u64 length);
+/**
+ * struct wmi_driver - WMI driver structure
+ * @driver: Driver model structure
+ * @id_table: List of WMI GUIDs supported by this driver
+ * @no_notify_data: WMI events provide no event data
+ * @probe: Callback for device binding
+ * @remove: Callback for device unbinding
+ * @notify: Callback for receiving WMI events
+ * @filter_callback: Callback for filtering device IOCTLs
+ *
+ * This represents WMI drivers which handle WMI devices.
+ * @filter_callback is only necessary for drivers which
+ * want to set up a WMI IOCTL interface.
+ */
struct wmi_driver {
struct device_driver driver;
const struct wmi_device_id *id_table;
@@ -47,8 +66,24 @@ struct wmi_driver {
extern int __must_check __wmi_driver_register(struct wmi_driver *driver,
struct module *owner);
extern void wmi_driver_unregister(struct wmi_driver *driver);
+
+/**
+ * wmi_driver_register() - Helper macro to register a WMI driver
+ * @driver: wmi_driver struct
+ *
+ * Helper macro for registering a WMI driver. It automatically passes
+ * THIS_MODULE to the underlying function.
+ */
#define wmi_driver_register(driver) __wmi_driver_register((driver), THIS_MODULE)
+/**
+ * module_wmi_driver() - Helper macro to register/unregister a WMI driver
+ * @__wmi_driver: wmi_driver struct
+ *
+ * Helper macro for WMI drivers which do not do anything special in module
+ * init/exit. This eliminates a lot of boilerplate. Each module may only
+ * use this macro once, and calling it replaces module_init() and module_exit().
+ */
#define module_wmi_driver(__wmi_driver) \
module_driver(__wmi_driver, wmi_driver_register, \
wmi_driver_unregister)