[PATCH v3 03/13] backlight: improve backlight_ops documentation

Sam Ravnborg sam at ravnborg.org
Mon Jun 1 06:51:57 UTC 2020


Improve the documentation for backlight_ops and
adapt it to kernel-doc style.

v2:
  - Add intro for each field (Daniel)

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson at linaro.org>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee.jones at linaro.org>
Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson at linaro.org>
Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1 at gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/backlight.h | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index a0a083b35c47..b6c1ab6c922a 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -55,19 +55,66 @@ enum backlight_scale {
 struct backlight_device;
 struct fb_info;
 
+/**
+ * struct backlight_ops - backlight operations
+ *
+ * The backlight operations are specifed when the backlight device is registered.
+ */
 struct backlight_ops {
+	/**
+	 * @options: Configure how operations are called from the core.
+	 *
+	 * The options parameter is used to adjust the behaviour of the core.
+	 * Set BL_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME to get the update_status() operation called
+	 * upon suspend and resume.
+	 */
 	unsigned int options;
 
 #define BL_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME	(1 << 0)
 
-	/* Notify the backlight driver some property has changed */
+	/**
+	 * @update_status: Operation called when properties have changed.
+	 *
+	 * Notify the backlight driver some property has changed.
+	 * The update_status operation is protected by the update_lock.
+	 *
+	 * The backlight driver is expected to use backlight_is_blank()
+	 * to check if the display is blanked and set brightness accordingly.
+	 * update_status() is called when any of the properties has changed.
+	 *
+	 * RETURNS:
+	 *
+	 * 0 on sucees, negative error code if any failure occured.
+	 */
 	int (*update_status)(struct backlight_device *);
-	/* Return the current backlight brightness (accounting for power,
-	   fb_blank etc.) */
+
+	/**
+	 * @get_brightness: Return the current backlight brightness.
+	 *
+	 * The driver may implement this as a readback from the HW.
+	 * This operation is optional and if not present then the current
+	 * brightness property value is used.
+	 *
+	 * RETURNS:
+	 *
+	 * A brightness value which is 0 or a positive numer.
+	 * On failure a negative error code is returned.
+	 */
 	int (*get_brightness)(struct backlight_device *);
-	/* Check if given framebuffer device is the one bound to this backlight;
-	   return 0 if not, !=0 if it is. If NULL, backlight always matches the fb. */
-	int (*check_fb)(struct backlight_device *, struct fb_info *);
+
+	/**
+	 * @check_fb: Check the framebuffer device.
+	 *
+	 * Check if given framebuffer device is the one bound to this backlight.
+	 * This operation is optional and if not implemented it is assumed that the
+	 * fbdev is always the one bound to the backlight.
+	 *
+	 * RETURNS:
+	 *
+	 * If info is NULL or the info matches the fbdev bound to the backlight return true.
+	 * If info does not match the fbdev bound to the backlight return false.
+	 */
+	int (*check_fb)(struct backlight_device *bd, struct fb_info *info);
 };
 
 /* This structure defines all the properties of a backlight */
-- 
2.25.1



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