Add some random documentation associated with the ring buffer
manipulations and writeback.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Siqueira <sique...@igalia.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h      | 52 ++++++++++++++++-
 drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 125 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
index cc26cf1bd843..ab9d1956ce28 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.h
@@ -520,12 +520,62 @@ int amdgpu_file_to_fpriv(struct file *filp, struct 
amdgpu_fpriv **fpriv);
  */
 #define AMDGPU_MAX_WB 1024     /* Reserve at most 1024 WB slots for 
amdgpu-owned rings. */
 
+/**
+ * amdgpu_wb - This struct is used for small GPU memory allocation.
+ *
+ * This struct is used to allocate a small amount of GPU memory that can be
+ * used to shadow certain states into the memory. This is especially useful for
+ * providing easy CPU access to some states without requiring register access
+ * (e.g., if some block is power gated, reading register may be problematic).
+ *
+ * Note: the term writeback was initially used because many of the amdgpu
+ * components had some level of writeback memory, and this struct initially
+ * described those components.
+ */
 struct amdgpu_wb {
+
+       /**
+        * @wb_obj:
+        *
+        * Buffer Object used for the writeback memory.
+        */
        struct amdgpu_bo        *wb_obj;
+
+       /**
+        * @wb:
+        *
+        * Pointer to the first writeback slot. In terms of CPU address
+        * this value can be accessed directly by using the offset as an index.
+        * For the GPU address, it is necessary to use gpu_addr and the offset.
+        */
        volatile uint32_t       *wb;
+
+       /**
+        * @gpu_addr:
+        *
+        * Writeback base address in the GPU.
+        */
        uint64_t                gpu_addr;
-       u32                     num_wb; /* Number of wb slots actually reserved 
for amdgpu. */
+
+       /**
+        * @num_wb:
+        *
+        * Number of writeback slots reserved for amdgpu.
+        */
+       u32                     num_wb;
+
+       /**
+        * @used:
+        *
+        * Track the writeback slot already used.
+        */
        unsigned long           used[DIV_ROUND_UP(AMDGPU_MAX_WB, 
BITS_PER_LONG)];
+
+       /**
+        * @lock:
+        *
+        * Protects read and write of the used field array.
+        */
        spinlock_t              lock;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h 
b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
index ec4de8df34e7..b95b47110769 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
@@ -164,8 +164,24 @@ void amdgpu_fence_update_start_timestamp(struct 
amdgpu_ring *ring, uint32_t seq,
 
 /* provided by hw blocks that expose a ring buffer for commands */
 struct amdgpu_ring_funcs {
+       /**
+        * @type:
+        *
+        * GFX, Compute, SDMA, UVD, VCE, VCN, VPE, KIQ, MES, UMSCH, and CPER
+        * use ring buffers. The type field just identifies which component the
+        * ring buffer is associated with.
+        */
        enum amdgpu_ring_type   type;
        uint32_t                align_mask;
+
+       /**
+        * @nop:
+        *
+        * Every block in the amdgpu has no-op instructions (e.g., GFX 10
+        * uses PACKET3(PACKET3_NOP, 0x3FFF), VCN 5 uses VCN_ENC_CMD_NO_OP,
+        * etc). This field receives the specific no-op for the component
+        * that initializes the ring.
+        */
        u32                     nop;
        bool                    support_64bit_ptrs;
        bool                    no_user_fence;
@@ -241,6 +257,9 @@ struct amdgpu_ring_funcs {
        bool (*is_guilty)(struct amdgpu_ring *ring);
 };
 
+/**
+ * amdgpu_ring - Holds ring information
+ */
 struct amdgpu_ring {
        struct amdgpu_device            *adev;
        const struct amdgpu_ring_funcs  *funcs;
@@ -252,13 +271,61 @@ struct amdgpu_ring {
        unsigned                rptr_offs;
        u64                     rptr_gpu_addr;
        volatile u32            *rptr_cpu_addr;
+
+       /**
+        * @wptr:
+        *
+        * This is part of the Ring buffer implementation and represents the
+        * write pointer. The wptr determines where the host has written.
+        */
        u64                     wptr;
+
+       /**
+        * @wptr_old:
+        *
+        * Before update wptr with the new value, usually the old value is
+        * stored in the wptr_old.
+        */
        u64                     wptr_old;
        unsigned                ring_size;
+
+       /**
+        * @max_dw:
+        *
+        * Maximum number of DWords for ring allocation. This information is
+        * provided at the ring initialization time, and each IP block can
+        * specify a specific value. Check places that invoke
+        * amdgpu_ring_init() to see the maximum size per block.
+        */
        unsigned                max_dw;
+
+       /**
+        * @count_dw:
+        *
+        * This value starts with the maximum amount of DWords supported by the
+        * ring. This value is updated based on the ring manipulation.
+        */
        int                     count_dw;
        uint64_t                gpu_addr;
+
+       /**
+        * @ptr_mask:
+        *
+        * Some IPs provide support for 64-bit pointers and others for 32-bit
+        * only; this behavior is component-specific and defined by the field
+        * support_64bit_ptr. If the IP block supports 64-bits, the mask
+        * 0xffffffffffffffff is set; otherwise, this value assumes buf_mask.
+        * Notice that this field is used to keep wptr under a valid range.
+        */
        uint64_t                ptr_mask;
+
+       /**
+        * @buf_mask:
+        *
+        * Buffer mask is a value used to keep wptr count under its
+        * thresholding. Buffer mask initialized during the ring buffer
+        * initialization time, and it is defined as (ring_size / 4) -1.
+        */
        uint32_t                buf_mask;
        u32                     idx;
        u32                     xcc_id;
@@ -276,6 +343,13 @@ struct amdgpu_ring {
        bool                    use_pollmem;
        unsigned                wptr_offs;
        u64                     wptr_gpu_addr;
+
+       /**
+        * @wptr_cpu_addr:
+        *
+        * This is the CPU address pointer in the writeback slot. This is used
+        * to commit changes to the GPU.
+        */
        volatile u32            *wptr_cpu_addr;
        unsigned                fence_offs;
        u64                     fence_gpu_addr;
-- 
2.47.2

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