[PATCH v4 12/18] ring-buffer: Add kerneldoc for ring_buffer_poll_remote

Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 15:03:27 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-trace-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Document ring_buffer_poll_remote().

Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <[email protected]>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 4bb1a7780860..8cb10e9da122 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -6848,6 +6848,17 @@ int ring_buffer_read_remote_meta_page(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ring_buffer_poll_remote - poll a remote ring buffer for new data
+ * @buffer: The ring buffer
+ * @cpu: The CPU buffer to poll (or RING_BUFFER_ALL_CPUS)
+ *
+ * This function polls the specified remote CPU buffer (or all of them)
+ * by reading its meta page to update the local reader's view. If new
+ * entries are detected, it triggers wakeups for any waiting readers.
+ * Returns:
+ *  0 on success, or -EINVAL if the CPU is not in the buffer's cpumask.
+ */
 int ring_buffer_poll_remote(struct trace_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
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