[PATCH 07/23] tty: combine tty_operations triple docs into kernel-doc

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Nov 26 2021 - 03:18:44 EST


In Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst, there are triplicated texts
about some struct tty_operations' hooks. Combine them into existing
kernel-doc comments of struct tty_operations and drop them from the
Documentation/.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst | 134 +-----------------------
include/linux/tty_driver.h | 36 +++++--
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 141 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst
index 4b709f392713..f7ef10c6f458 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/serial/tty.rst
@@ -132,74 +132,8 @@ dcd_change() Report to the tty line the current DCD pin status
Driver Access
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

-Line discipline methods can call the following methods of the underlying
-hardware driver through the function pointers within the tty->driver
-structure:
-
-======================= =======================================================
-write() Write a block of characters to the tty device.
- Returns the number of characters accepted. The
- character buffer passed to this method is already
- in kernel space.
-
-put_char() Queues a character for writing to the tty device.
- If there is no room in the queue, the character is
- ignored.
-
-flush_chars() (Optional) If defined, must be called after
- queueing characters with put_char() in order to
- start transmission.
-
-write_room() Returns the numbers of characters the tty driver
- will accept for queueing to be written.
-
-ioctl() Invoke device specific ioctl.
- Expects data pointers to refer to userspace.
- Returns ENOIOCTLCMD for unrecognized ioctl numbers.
-
-set_termios() Notify the tty driver that the device's termios
- settings have changed. New settings are in
- tty->termios. Previous settings should be passed in
- the "old" argument.
-
- The API is defined such that the driver should return
- the actual modes selected. This means that the
- driver function is responsible for modifying any
- bits in the request it cannot fulfill to indicate
- the actual modes being used. A device with no
- hardware capability for change (e.g. a USB dongle or
- virtual port) can provide NULL for this method.
-
-throttle() Notify the tty driver that input buffers for the
- line discipline are close to full, and it should
- somehow signal that no more characters should be
- sent to the tty.
-
-unthrottle() Notify the tty driver that characters can now be
- sent to the tty without fear of overrunning the
- input buffers of the line disciplines.
-
-stop() Ask the tty driver to stop outputting characters
- to the tty device.
-
-start() Ask the tty driver to resume sending characters
- to the tty device.
-
-hangup() Ask the tty driver to hang up the tty device.
-
-break_ctl() (Optional) Ask the tty driver to turn on or off
- BREAK status on the RS-232 port. If state is -1,
- then the BREAK status should be turned on; if
- state is 0, then BREAK should be turned off.
- If this routine is not implemented, use ioctls
- TIOCSBRK / TIOCCBRK instead.
-
-wait_until_sent() Waits until the device has written out all of the
- characters in its transmitter FIFO.
-
-send_xchar() Send a high-priority XON/XOFF character to the device.
-======================= =======================================================
-
+Line discipline methods can call the methods of the underlying hardware driver.
+These are documented as a part of struct tty_operations.

Flags
^^^^^
@@ -262,67 +196,3 @@ A caution: The ldisc->open(), ldisc->close() and driver->set_ldisc
functions are called with the ldisc unavailable. Thus tty_ldisc_ref will
fail in this situation if used within these functions. Ldisc and driver
code calling its own functions must be careful in this case.
-
-
-Driver Interface
-----------------
-
-======================= =======================================================
-open() Called when a device is opened. May sleep
-
-close() Called when a device is closed. At the point of
- return from this call the driver must make no
- further ldisc calls of any kind. May sleep
-
-write() Called to write bytes to the device. May not
- sleep. May occur in parallel in special cases.
- Because this includes panic paths drivers generally
- shouldn't try and do clever locking here.
-
-put_char() Stuff a single character onto the queue. The
- driver is guaranteed following up calls to
- flush_chars.
-
-flush_chars() Ask the kernel to write put_char queue
-
-write_room() Return the number of characters that can be stuffed
- into the port buffers without overflow (or less).
- The ldisc is responsible for being intelligent
- about multi-threading of write_room/write calls
-
-ioctl() Called when an ioctl may be for the driver
-
-set_termios() Called on termios change, serialized against
- itself by a semaphore. May sleep.
-
-set_ldisc() Notifier for discipline change. At the point this
- is done the discipline is not yet usable. Can now
- sleep (I think)
-
-throttle() Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to do flow
- control. Serialization including with unthrottle
- is the job of the ldisc layer.
-
-unthrottle() Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to stop flow
- control.
-
-stop() Ldisc notifier to the driver to stop output. As with
- throttle the serializations with start() are down
- to the ldisc layer.
-
-start() Ldisc notifier to the driver to start output.
-
-hangup() Ask the tty driver to cause a hangup initiated
- from the host side. [Can sleep ??]
-
-break_ctl() Send RS232 break. Can sleep. Can get called in
- parallel, driver must serialize (for now), and
- with write calls.
-
-wait_until_sent() Wait for characters to exit the hardware queue
- of the driver. Can sleep
-
-send_xchar() Send XON/XOFF and if possible jump the queue with
- it in order to get fast flow control responses.
- Cannot sleep ??
-======================= =======================================================
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index 5611992ab26a..41274d551e28 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -47,15 +47,17 @@ struct serial_struct;
* routine is mandatory; if this routine is not filled in, the attempted
* open will fail with %ENODEV.
*
- * Required method. Called with tty lock held.
+ * Required method. Called with tty lock held. May sleep.
*
* @close: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *)``
*
- * This routine is called when a particular @tty device is closed.
+ * This routine is called when a particular @tty device is closed. At the
+ * point of return from this call the driver must make no further ldisc
+ * calls of any kind.
*
* Remark: called even if the corresponding @open() failed.
*
- * Required method. Called with tty lock held.
+ * Required method. Called with tty lock held. May sleep.
*
* @shutdown: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty)``
*
@@ -77,7 +79,10 @@ struct serial_struct;
* user space or kernel space. This routine will return the
* number of characters actually accepted for writing.
*
- * Optional: Required for writable devices.
+ * May occur in parallel in special cases. Because this includes panic
+ * paths drivers generally shouldn't try and do clever locking here.
+ *
+ * Optional: Required for writable devices. May not sleep.
*
* @put_char: ``int ()(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch)``
*
@@ -105,6 +110,9 @@ struct serial_struct;
* to change as output buffers get emptied, or if the output flow
* control is acted.
*
+ * The ldisc is responsible for being intelligent about multi-threading of
+ * write_room/write calls
+ *
* Required if @write method is provided else not needed. Do not call this
* function directly, call tty_write_room()
*
@@ -136,14 +144,21 @@ struct serial_struct;
* @set_termios: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty, struct ktermios *old)``
*
* This routine allows the @tty driver to be notified when device's
- * termios settings have changed.
+ * termios settings have changed. New settings are in @tty->termios.
+ * Previous settings are passed in the @old argument.
*
- * Optional: Called under the @tty->termios_rwsem.
+ * The API is defined such that the driver should return the actual modes
+ * selected. This means that the driver is responsible for modifying any
+ * bits in @tty->termios it cannot fulfill to indicate the actual modes
+ * being used.
+ *
+ * Optional. Called under the @tty->termios_rwsem. May sleep.
*
* @set_ldisc: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty)``
*
* This routine allows the @tty driver to be notified when the device's
- * line discipline is being changed.
+ * line discipline is being changed. At the point this is done the
+ * discipline is not yet usable.
*
* Optional. Called under the @tty->ldisc_sem and @tty->termios_rwsem.
*
@@ -153,6 +168,9 @@ struct serial_struct;
* discipline are close to full, and it should somehow signal that no more
* characters should be sent to the @tty.
*
+ * Serialization including with @unthrottle() is the job of the ldisc
+ * layer.
+ *
* Optional: Always invoke via tty_throttle_safe(). Called under the
* @tty->termios_rwsem.
*
@@ -204,7 +222,7 @@ struct serial_struct;
* hardware is expected to do the delay work itself. 0 and -1 are still
* used for on/off.
*
- * Optional: Required for %TCSBRK/%BRKP/etc. handling.
+ * Optional: Required for %TCSBRK/%BRKP/etc. handling. May sleep.
*
* @flush_buffer: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty)``
*
@@ -222,7 +240,7 @@ struct serial_struct;
* reached.
*
* Optional: If not provided, the device is assumed to have no FIFO.
- * Usually correct to invoke via tty_wait_until_sent().
+ * Usually correct to invoke via tty_wait_until_sent(). May sleep.
*
* @send_xchar: ``void ()(struct tty_struct *tty, char ch)``
*
--
2.34.0