cpufreq: Add kerneldoc comments for two core functions

Add kerneldoc comments describing cpufreq_set_policy() and
cpufreq_update_policy() as they have not been properly documented
so far and they really need to be documented.

While at it, fix white space around the cpufreq_set_policy() header.

Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index ad4e9991c3ccbf..e4a7dbee84fc2c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2218,12 +2218,25 @@ int cpufreq_get_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_get_policy);
 
-/*
- * policy : current policy.
- * new_policy: policy to be set.
+/**
+ * cpufreq_set_policy - Modify cpufreq policy parameters.
+ * @policy: Policy object to modify.
+ * @new_policy: New policy data.
+ *
+ * Pass @new_policy to the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback, run the
+ * installed policy notifiers for it with the CPUFREQ_ADJUST value, pass it to
+ * the driver's ->verify() callback again and run the notifiers for it again
+ * with the CPUFREQ_NOTIFY value.  Next, copy the min and max parameters
+ * of @new_policy to @policy and either invoke the driver's ->setpolicy()
+ * callback (if present) or carry out a governor update for @policy.  That is,
+ * run the current governor's ->limits() callback (if the governor field in
+ * @new_policy points to the same object as the one in @policy) or replace the
+ * governor for @policy with the new one stored in @new_policy.
+ *
+ * The cpuinfo part of @policy is not updated by this function.
  */
 static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-				struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy)
+			      struct cpufreq_policy *new_policy)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_governor *old_gov;
 	int ret;
@@ -2319,11 +2332,14 @@ static int cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 }
 
 /**
- *	cpufreq_update_policy - re-evaluate an existing cpufreq policy
- *	@cpu: CPU which shall be re-evaluated
+ * cpufreq_update_policy - Re-evaluate an existing cpufreq policy.
+ * @cpu: CPU to re-evaluate the policy for.
  *
- *	Useful for policy notifiers which have different necessities
- *	at different times.
+ * Update the current frequency for the cpufreq policy of @cpu and use
+ * cpufreq_set_policy() to re-apply the min and max limits saved in the
+ * user_policy sub-structure of that policy, which triggers the evaluation
+ * of policy notifiers and the cpufreq driver's ->verify() callback for the
+ * policy in question, among other things.
  */
 void cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu)
 {