Paul Menage wrote:
> I think that docbook-style function comments need /** at the start of
> the comment block.
> 

Yes, I didn't notice it. I revised the patch to fix it.


---

fix:
- comments about need_forkexit_callback
- comments about release agent
- typo and comment style, etc.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 include/linux/cgroup.h |    2 +-
 kernel/cgroup.c        |  142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index ff9055f..2ebf7af 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ struct css_set {
  *
  *
  * When reading/writing to a file:
- *	- the cgroup to use in file->f_dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata
+ *	- the cgroup to use is file->f_dentry->d_parent->d_fsdata
  *	- the 'cftype' of the file is file->f_dentry->d_fsdata
  */
 
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 4766bb6..36066d8 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ static int root_count;
 #define dummytop (&rootnode.top_cgroup)
 
 /* This flag indicates whether tasks in the fork and exit paths should
- * take callback_mutex and check for fork/exit handlers to call. This
- * avoids us having to do extra work in the fork/exit path if none of the
- * subsystems need to be called.
+ * check for fork/exit handlers to call. This avoids us having to do
+ * extra work in the fork/exit path if none of the subsystems need to
+ * be called.
  */
 static int need_forkexit_callback;
 
@@ -307,7 +307,6 @@ static inline void put_css_set_taskexit(struct css_set *cg)
  * template: location in which to build the desired set of subsystem
  * state objects for the new cgroup group
  */
-
 static struct css_set *find_existing_css_set(
 	struct css_set *oldcg,
 	struct cgroup *cgrp,
@@ -354,7 +353,6 @@ static struct css_set *find_existing_css_set(
  * and chains them on tmp through their cgrp_link_list fields. Returns 0 on
  * success or a negative error
  */
-
 static int allocate_cg_links(int count, struct list_head *tmp)
 {
 	struct cg_cgroup_link *link;
@@ -396,7 +394,6 @@ static void free_cg_links(struct list_head *tmp)
  * substituted into the appropriate hierarchy. Must be called with
  * cgroup_mutex held
  */
-
 static struct css_set *find_css_set(
 	struct css_set *oldcg, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
@@ -507,8 +504,8 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(
  * critical pieces of code here.  The exception occurs on cgroup_exit(),
  * when a task in a notify_on_release cgroup exits.  Then cgroup_mutex
  * is taken, and if the cgroup count is zero, a usermode call made
- * to /sbin/cgroup_release_agent with the name of the cgroup (path
- * relative to the root of cgroup file system) as the argument.
+ * to the release agent with the name of the cgroup (path relative to
+ * the root of cgroup file system) as the argument.
  *
  * A cgroup can only be deleted if both its 'count' of using tasks
  * is zero, and its list of 'children' cgroups is empty.  Since all
@@ -521,7 +518,7 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(
  *
  * The need for this exception arises from the action of
  * cgroup_attach_task(), which overwrites one tasks cgroup pointer with
- * another.  It does so using cgroup_mutexe, however there are
+ * another.  It does so using cgroup_mutex, however there are
  * several performance critical places that need to reference
  * task->cgroup without the expense of grabbing a system global
  * mutex.  Therefore except as noted below, when dereferencing or, as
@@ -537,7 +534,6 @@ static struct css_set *find_css_set(
  * cgroup_lock - lock out any changes to cgroup structures
  *
  */
-
 void cgroup_lock(void)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -548,7 +544,6 @@ void cgroup_lock(void)
  *
  * Undo the lock taken in a previous cgroup_lock() call.
  */
-
 void cgroup_unlock(void)
 {
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -590,7 +585,6 @@ static struct inode *cgroup_new_inode(mode_t mode, struct super_block *sb)
  * Call subsys's pre_destroy handler.
  * This is called before css refcnt check.
  */
-
 static void cgroup_call_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	struct cgroup_subsys *ss;
@@ -600,7 +594,6 @@ static void cgroup_call_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgrp)
 	return;
 }
 
-
 static void cgroup_diput(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
 {
 	/* is dentry a directory ? if so, kfree() associated cgroup */
@@ -1129,8 +1122,13 @@ static inline struct cftype *__d_cft(struct dentry *dentry)
 	return dentry->d_fsdata;
 }
 
-/*
- * Called with cgroup_mutex held.  Writes path of cgroup into buf.
+/**
+ * cgroup_path - generate the path of a cgroup
+ * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
+ * @buf: the buffer to write the path into
+ * @buflen: the length of the buffer
+ *
+ * Called with cgroup_mutex held. Writes path of cgroup into buf.
  * Returns 0 on success, -errno on error.
  */
 int cgroup_path(const struct cgroup *cgrp, char *buf, int buflen)
@@ -1188,11 +1186,13 @@ static void get_first_subsys(const struct cgroup *cgrp,
 		*subsys_id = test_ss->subsys_id;
 }
 
-/*
- * Attach task 'tsk' to cgroup 'cgrp'
+/**
+ * cgroup_attach_task - attach task 'tsk' to cgroup 'cgrp'
+ * @cgrp: the cgroup the task is attaching to
+ * @tsk: the task to be attached
  *
- * Call holding cgroup_mutex.  May take task_lock of
- * the task 'pid' during call.
+ * Call holding cgroup_mutex. May take task_lock of
+ * the task 'tsk' during call.
  */
 int cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
@@ -1293,7 +1293,6 @@ static int attach_task_by_pid(struct cgroup *cgrp, char *pidbuf)
 }
 
 /* The various types of files and directories in a cgroup file system */
-
 enum cgroup_filetype {
 	FILE_ROOT,
 	FILE_DIR,
@@ -1584,12 +1583,11 @@ static int cgroup_create_file(struct dentry *dentry, int mode,
 }
 
 /*
- *	cgroup_create_dir - create a directory for an object.
- *	cgrp:	the cgroup we create the directory for.
- *		It must have a valid ->parent field
- *		And we are going to fill its ->dentry field.
- *	dentry: dentry of the new cgroup
- *	mode:	mode to set on new directory.
+ * cgroup_create_dir - create a directory for an object.
+ * @cgrp: the cgroup we create the directory for. It must have a valid
+ *        ->parent field. And we are going to fill its ->dentry field.
+ * @dentry: dentry of the new cgroup
+ * @mode: mode to set on new directory.
  */
 static int cgroup_create_dir(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct dentry *dentry,
 				int mode)
@@ -1651,8 +1649,12 @@ int cgroup_add_files(struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Count the number of tasks in a cgroup. */
-
+/**
+ * cgroup_task_count - count the number of tasks in a cgroup.
+ * @cgrp: the cgroup in question
+ *
+ * Return the number of tasks in the cgroup.
+ */
 int cgroup_task_count(const struct cgroup *cgrp)
 {
 	int count = 0;
@@ -1962,12 +1964,13 @@ static int pid_array_load(pid_t *pidarray, int npids, struct cgroup *cgrp)
 }
 
 /**
- * Build and fill cgroupstats so that taskstats can export it to user
- * space.
- *
+ * cgroupstats_build - build and fill cgroupstats
  * @stats: cgroupstats to fill information into
  * @dentry: A dentry entry belonging to the cgroup for which stats have
  * been requested.
+ *
+ * Build and fill cgroupstats so that taskstats can export it to user
+ * space.
  */
 int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
@@ -2199,14 +2202,13 @@ static void init_cgroup_css(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css,
 }
 
 /*
- *	cgroup_create - create a cgroup
- *	parent:	cgroup that will be parent of the new cgroup.
- *	name:		name of the new cgroup. Will be strcpy'ed.
- *	mode:		mode to set on new inode
+ * cgroup_create - create a cgroup
+ * @parent: cgroup that will be parent of the new cgroup
+ * @dentry: dentry of the new cgroup
+ * @mode: mode to set on new inode
  *
- *	Must be called with the mutex on the parent inode held
+ * Must be called with the mutex on the parent inode held
  */
-
 static long cgroup_create(struct cgroup *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
 			     int mode)
 {
@@ -2349,13 +2351,12 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	parent = cgrp->parent;
 	root = cgrp->root;
 	sb = root->sb;
+
 	/*
-	 * Call pre_destroy handlers of subsys
+	 * Call pre_destroy handlers of subsys. Notify subsystems
+	 * that rmdir() request comes.
 	 */
 	cgroup_call_pre_destroy(cgrp);
-	/*
-	 * Notify subsyses that rmdir() request comes.
-	 */
 
 	if (cgroup_has_css_refs(cgrp)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
@@ -2431,8 +2432,10 @@ static void cgroup_init_subsys(struct cgroup_subsys *ss)
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_init_early - initialize cgroups at system boot, and
- * initialize any subsystems that request early init.
+ * cgroup_init_early - cgroup initialization at system boot
+ *
+ * Initialize cgroups at system boot, and initialize any
+ * subsystems that request early init.
  */
 int __init cgroup_init_early(void)
 {
@@ -2474,8 +2477,10 @@ int __init cgroup_init_early(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_init - register cgroup filesystem and /proc file, and
- * initialize any subsystems that didn't request early init.
+ * cgroup_init - cgroup initialization
+ *
+ * Register cgroup filesystem and /proc file, and initialize
+ * any subsystems that didn't request early init.
  */
 int __init cgroup_init(void)
 {
@@ -2618,7 +2623,7 @@ static struct file_operations proc_cgroupstats_operations = {
 
 /**
  * cgroup_fork - attach newly forked task to its parents cgroup.
- * @tsk: pointer to task_struct of forking parent process.
+ * @child: pointer to task_struct of forking parent process.
  *
  * Description: A task inherits its parent's cgroup at fork().
  *
@@ -2642,9 +2647,12 @@ void cgroup_fork(struct task_struct *child)
 }
 
 /**
- * cgroup_fork_callbacks - called on a new task very soon before
- * adding it to the tasklist. No nee