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diff --git a/include/linux/tracefs.h b/include/linux/tracefs.h
index 13359b1a35d1..7a5fe17b6bf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracefs.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracefs.h
@@ -23,9 +23,52 @@ struct file_operations;
 
 struct eventfs_file;
 
+/**
+ * eventfs_callback - A callback function to create dynamic files in eventfs
+ * @name: The name of the file that is to be created
+ * @mode: return the file mode for the file (RW access, etc)
+ * @data: data to pass to the created file ops
+ * @fops: the file operations of the created file
+ *
+ * The evetnfs files are dynamically created. The struct eventfs_entry array
+ * is passed to eventfs_create_dir() or eventfs_create_events_dir() that will
+ * be used to create the files within those directories. When a lookup
+ * or access to a file within the directory is made, the struct eventfs_entry
+ * array is used to find a callback() with the matching name that is being
+ * referenced (for lookups, the entire array is iterated and each callback
+ * will be called).
+ *
+ * The callback will be called with @name for the name of the file to create.
+ * The callback can return less than 1 to indicate  that no file should be
+ * created.
+ *
+ * If a file is to be created, then @mode should be populated with the file
+ * mode (permissions) for which the file is created for. This would be
+ * used to set the created inode i_mode field.
+ *
+ * The @data should be set to the data passed to the other file operations
+ * (read, write, etc). Note, @data will also point to the data passed in
+ * to eventfs_create_dir() or eventfs_create_events_dir(), but the callback
+ * can replace the data if it chooses to. Otherwise, the original data
+ * will be used for the file operation functions.
+ *
+ * The @fops should be set to the file operations that will be used to create
+ * the inode.
+ *
+ * NB. This callback is called while holding internal locks of the eventfs
+ *     system. The callback must not call any code that might also call into
+ *     the tracefs or eventfs system or it will risk creating a deadlock.
+ */
 typedef int (*eventfs_callback)(const char *name, umode_t *mode, void **data,
 				const struct file_operations **fops);
 
+/**
+ * struct eventfs_entry - dynamically created eventfs file call back handler
+ * @name:	Then name of the dynamic file in an eventfs directory
+ * @callback:	The callback to get the fops of the file when it is created
+ *
+ * See evenfs_callback() typedef for how to set up @callback.
+ */
 struct eventfs_entry {
 	const char			*name;
 	eventfs_callback		callback;