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-rw-r--r--drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
index 610ad51cda65..a48bb85d0e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etr.c
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ struct etr_buf_hw {
* etr_perf_buffer - Perf buffer used for ETR
* @drvdata - The ETR drvdaga this buffer has been allocated for.
* @etr_buf - Actual buffer used by the ETR
- * @pid - The PID this etr_perf_buffer belongs to.
+ * @pid - The PID of the session owner that etr_perf_buffer
+ * belongs to.
* @snaphost - Perf session mode
* @nr_pages - Number of pages in the ring buffer.
* @pages - Array of Pages in the ring buffer.
@@ -1662,7 +1663,7 @@ static int tmc_enable_etr_sink_perf(struct coresight_device *csdev, void *data)
goto unlock_out;
}
- /* Get a handle on the pid of the process to monitor */
+ /* Get a handle on the pid of the session owner */
pid = etr_perf->pid;
/* Do not proceed if this device is associated with another session */
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
index c77763b49de0..2671926be62a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc.h
@@ -171,8 +171,9 @@ struct etr_buf {
* @csdev: component vitals needed by the framework.
* @miscdev: specifics to handle "/dev/xyz.tmc" entry.
* @spinlock: only one at a time pls.
- * @pid: Process ID of the process being monitored by the session
- * that is using this component.
+ * @pid: Process ID of the process that owns the session that is using
+ * this component. For example this would be the pid of the Perf
+ * process.
* @buf: Snapshot of the trace data for ETF/ETB.
* @etr_buf: details of buffer used in TMC-ETR
* @len: size of the available trace for ETF/ETB.