x86: add comments to describe the new api's in cacheflush.h

The new cacheflush.h API's didn't have any comments describing
how they're to be used yet and the conventions around these functions.
This patch adds comments to this effect; in order for that to be
a logical series, some prototypes had to move around.

Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 55 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/cacheflush.h b/include/asm-x86/cacheflush.h
index cb1d6f8fd00..f4c0ab50d2c 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/cacheflush.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/cacheflush.h
@@ -24,15 +24,34 @@
 #define copy_from_user_page(vma, page, vaddr, dst, src, len)	\
 	memcpy((dst), (src), (len))
 
-int __deprecated_for_modules change_page_attr(struct page *page, int numpages,
-					      pgprot_t prot);
 
-int set_pages_uc(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_pages_wb(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_pages_x(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_pages_nx(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_pages_ro(struct page *page, int numpages);
-int set_pages_rw(struct page *page, int numpages);
+/*
+ * The set_memory_* API can be used to change various attributes of a virtual
+ * address range. The attributes include:
+ * Cachability   : UnCached, WriteCombining, WriteBack
+ * Executability : eXeutable, NoteXecutable
+ * Read/Write    : ReadOnly, ReadWrite
+ * Presence      : NotPresent
+ *
+ * Within a catagory, the attributes are mutually exclusive.
+ *
+ * The implementation of this API will take care of various aspects that
+ * are associated with changing such attributes, such as:
+ * - Flushing TLBs
+ * - Flushing CPU caches
+ * - Making sure aliases of the memory behind the mapping don't violate
+ *   coherency rules as defined by the CPU in the system.
+ *
+ * What this API does not do:
+ * - Provide exclusion between various callers - including callers that
+ *   operation on other mappings of the same physical page
+ * - Restore default attributes when a page is freed
+ * - Guarantee that mappings other than the requested one are
+ *   in any state, other than that these do not violate rules for
+ *   the CPU you have. Do not depend on any effects on other mappings,
+ *   CPUs other than the one you have may have more relaxed rules.
+ * The caller is required to take care of these.
+ */
 
 int _set_memory_uc(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 int _set_memory_wc(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
@@ -47,6 +66,34 @@ int set_memory_rw(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 int set_memory_np(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 int set_memory_4k(unsigned long addr, int numpages);
 
+/*
+ * For legacy compatibility with the old APIs, a few functions
+ * are provided that work on a "struct page".
+ * These functions operate ONLY on the 1:1 kernel mapping of the
+ * memory that the struct page represents, and internally just
+ * call the set_memory_* function. See the description of the
+ * set_memory_* function for more details on conventions.
+ *
+ * These APIs should be considered *deprecated* and are likely going to
+ * be removed in the future.
+ * The reason for this is the implicit operation on the 1:1 mapping only,
+ * making this not a generally useful API.
+ *
+ * Specifically, many users of the old APIs had a virtual address,
+ * called virt_to_page() or vmalloc_to_page() on that address to
+ * get a struct page* that the old API required.
+ * To convert these cases, use set_memory_*() on the original
+ * virtual address, do not use these functions.
+ */
+
+int set_pages_uc(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_pages_wb(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_pages_x(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_pages_nx(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_pages_ro(struct page *page, int numpages);
+int set_pages_rw(struct page *page, int numpages);
+
+
 void clflush_cache_range(void *addr, unsigned int size);
 
 void cpa_init(void);