Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] coresight: tmc: Add missing doc of tmc_drvdata::reading

From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Fri Jun 20 2025 - 07:53:49 EST


On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:54:10 +0800
Junhao He <hejunhao3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> tmc_drvdata::reading is used to indicate whether a reading process
> is performed through /dev/xyz.tmc. Document it.
>
> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Junhao He <hejunhao3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> index 6541a27a018e..3ca0d40c580d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
> @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ struct tmc_resrv_buf {
> * @pid: Process ID of the process that owns the session that is using
> * this component. For example this would be the pid of the Perf
> * process.
> + * @reading: buffer's in the reading through "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry
Hi,

Perhaps reword:

"buffer is being read through "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry" or
"buffer read in progress through "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry"

I've not checked what this actually means - just looking at what you have here.

> * @stop_on_flush: Stop on flush trigger user configuration.
> * @buf: Snapshot of the trace data for ETF/ETB.
> * @etr_buf: details of buffer used in TMC-ETR