diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
index f8fe882e33dccfc50f6e5add6ca89a53389d649f..ea6f375475b804b9f4e01ce9ad82d114195e5992 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-api.tmpl
@@ -202,6 +202,22 @@ X!Ilib/string.c
+
+ relay interface support
+
+
+ Relay interface support
+ is designed to provide an efficient mechanism for tools and
+ facilities to relay large amounts of data from kernel space to
+ user space.
+
+
+ relay interface
+!Ekernel/relay.c
+!Ikernel/relay.c
+
+
+
The Linux VFS
The Filesystem types
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index 85786ff2a4f9b1a9f79ecedb646c316a56a292e6..1d63ecddfa7018cd4a14f8b6dc24c352a9ddc447 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ int relay_mmap_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* @buf: the buffer struct
* @size: total size of the buffer
*
- * Returns a pointer to the resulting buffer, NULL if unsuccessful. The
+ * Returns a pointer to the resulting buffer, %NULL if unsuccessful. The
* passed in size will get page aligned, if it isn't already.
*/
static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t *size)
@@ -132,10 +132,9 @@ static void *relay_alloc_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t *size)
/**
* relay_create_buf - allocate and initialize a channel buffer
- * @alloc_size: size of the buffer to allocate
- * @n_subbufs: number of sub-buffers in the channel
+ * @chan: the relay channel
*
- * Returns channel buffer if successful, NULL otherwise
+ * Returns channel buffer if successful, %NULL otherwise.
*/
struct rchan_buf *relay_create_buf(struct rchan *chan)
{
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ struct rchan_buf *relay_create_buf(struct rchan *chan)
/**
* relay_destroy_channel - free the channel struct
+ * @kref: target kernel reference that contains the relay channel
*
* Should only be called from kref_put().
*/
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ void relay_destroy_buf(struct rchan_buf *buf)
/**
* relay_remove_buf - remove a channel buffer
+ * @kref: target kernel reference that contains the relay buffer
*
* Removes the file from the fileystem, which also frees the
* rchan_buf_struct and the channel buffer. Should only be called from
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ void relay_reset(struct rchan *chan)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_reset);
-/**
+/*
* relay_open_buf - create a new relay channel buffer
*
* Internal - used by relay_open().
@@ -448,12 +449,12 @@ static inline void setup_callbacks(struct rchan *chan,
/**
* relay_open - create a new relay channel
* @base_filename: base name of files to create
- * @parent: dentry of parent directory, NULL for root directory
+ * @parent: dentry of parent directory, %NULL for root directory
* @subbuf_size: size of sub-buffers
* @n_subbufs: number of sub-buffers
* @cb: client callback functions
*
- * Returns channel pointer if successful, NULL otherwise.
+ * Returns channel pointer if successful, %NULL otherwise.
*
* Creates a channel buffer for each cpu using the sizes and
* attributes specified. The created channel buffer files
@@ -585,7 +586,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_switch_subbuf);
* subbufs_consumed should be the number of sub-buffers newly consumed,
* not the total consumed.
*
- * NOTE: kernel clients don't need to call this function if the channel
+ * NOTE: Kernel clients don't need to call this function if the channel
* mode is 'overwrite'.
*/
void relay_subbufs_consumed(struct rchan *chan,
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_close);
* relay_flush - close the channel
* @chan: the channel
*
- * Flushes all channel buffers i.e. forces buffer switch.
+ * Flushes all channel buffers, i.e. forces buffer switch.
*/
void relay_flush(struct rchan *chan)
{
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ static int relay_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
return 0;
}
-/**
+/*
* relay_file_read_consume - update the consumed count for the buffer
*/
static void relay_file_read_consume(struct rchan_buf *buf,
@@ -756,7 +757,7 @@ static void relay_file_read_consume(struct rchan_buf *buf,
}
}
-/**
+/*
* relay_file_read_avail - boolean, are there unconsumed bytes available?
*/
static int relay_file_read_avail(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t read_pos)
@@ -793,6 +794,8 @@ static int relay_file_read_avail(struct rchan_buf *buf, size_t read_pos)
/**
* relay_file_read_subbuf_avail - return bytes available in sub-buffer
+ * @read_pos: file read position
+ * @buf: relay channel buffer
*/
static size_t relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(size_t read_pos,
struct rchan_buf *buf)
@@ -818,6 +821,8 @@ static size_t relay_file_read_subbuf_avail(size_t read_pos,
/**
* relay_file_read_start_pos - find the first available byte to read
+ * @read_pos: file read position
+ * @buf: relay channel buffer
*
* If the read_pos is in the middle of padding, return the
* position of the first actually available byte, otherwise
@@ -844,6 +849,9 @@ static size_t relay_file_read_start_pos(size_t read_pos,
/**
* relay_file_read_end_pos - return the new read position
+ * @read_pos: file read position
+ * @buf: relay channel buffer
+ * @count: number of bytes to be read
*/
static size_t relay_file_read_end_pos(struct rchan_buf *buf,
size_t read_pos,
@@ -865,7 +873,7 @@ static size_t relay_file_read_end_pos(struct rchan_buf *buf,
return end_pos;
}
-/**
+/*
* subbuf_read_actor - read up to one subbuf's worth of data
*/
static int subbuf_read_actor(size_t read_start,
@@ -890,7 +898,7 @@ static int subbuf_read_actor(size_t read_start,
return ret;
}
-/**
+/*
* subbuf_send_actor - send up to one subbuf's worth of data
*/
static int subbuf_send_actor(size_t read_start,
@@ -933,7 +941,7 @@ typedef int (*subbuf_actor_t) (size_t read_start,
read_descriptor_t *desc,
read_actor_t actor);
-/**
+/*
* relay_file_read_subbufs - read count bytes, bridging subbuf boundaries
*/
static inline ssize_t relay_file_read_subbufs(struct file *filp,