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[2/6] api:odp_barrier.h: Update doxygen comments, renaming of function params

Message ID 1417616254-31760-3-git-send-email-ola.liljedahl@linaro.org
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Ola Liljedahl Dec. 3, 2014, 2:17 p.m. UTC 
Signed-off-by: Ola Liljedahl <ola.liljedahl@linaro.org>
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Update doxygen comments, renaming of function params.

 platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_barrier.h | 22 +++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_barrier.h b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_barrier.h
index 1790ea3..27a17d2 100644
--- a/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_barrier.h
+++ b/platform/linux-generic/include/api/odp_barrier.h
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@  extern "C" {
 #include <odp_atomic.h>
 
 /** @addtogroup odp_synchronizers
- *  Barrier between threads.
+ *  Synchronize threads.
  *  @{
  */
 
 /**
- * ODP execution barrier
+ * ODP thread synchronization barrier
  */
 typedef struct odp_barrier_t {
 	uint32_t         count;  /**< @private Thread count */
@@ -37,20 +37,24 @@  typedef struct odp_barrier_t {
 
 
 /**
- * Init barrier with thread count
+ * Initialize barrier with thread count.
  *
- * @param barrier    Barrier
- * @param count      Thread count
+ * @param[out] p_barr Pointer to a barrier variable
+ * @param[in] count Thread count
  */
-void odp_barrier_init(odp_barrier_t *barrier, int count);
+void odp_barrier_init(odp_barrier_t *p_barr, int count);
 
 
 /**
- * Synchronise thread execution on barrier
+ * Synchronize thread execution on barrier.
+ * Wait for all threads to arrive at the barrier until they are let loose again.
+ * Threads will block (spin) until the last thread has arrived at the barrier.
+ * All memory operations before the odp_barrier_wait() call will be visible
+ * to all threads when they leave the barrier.
  *
- * @param barrier    Barrier
+ * @param[in,out] p_barr Pointer to a barrier variable
  */
-void odp_barrier_wait(odp_barrier_t *barrier);
+void odp_barrier_wait(odp_barrier_t *p_barr);
 
 /**
  * @}