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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-09-21 08:40:21 -0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -0200 |
commit | 186128f75392f8478ad1b32a675627d738881ca4 (patch) | |
tree | c72c5e91c636e58ae0a9496fb2759074f484244f /Documentation/magic-number.txt | |
parent | 0e4f07a65f53e7b3afab71925e56fe6aaa07d696 (diff) | |
download | linux-186128f75392f8478ad1b32a675627d738881ca4.tar.bz2 |
docs-rst: add documents to development-process
Add several documents to the development-process ReST book.
As we don't want renames, use symlinks instead, keeping those
documents on their original place.
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/magic-number.txt b/Documentation/magic-number.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c74199f60c6c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/magic-number.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,164 +0,0 @@ -Linux magic numbers -=================== - -This file is a registry of magic numbers which are in use. When you -add a magic number to a structure, you should also add it to this -file, since it is best if the magic numbers used by various structures -are unique. - -It is a **very** good idea to protect kernel data structures with magic -numbers. This allows you to check at run time whether (a) a structure -has been clobbered, or (b) you've passed the wrong structure to a -routine. This last is especially useful --- particularly when you are -passing pointers to structures via a void * pointer. The tty code, -for example, does this frequently to pass driver-specific and line -discipline-specific structures back and forth. - -The way to use magic numbers is to declare then at the beginning of -the structure, like so:: - - struct tty_ldisc { - int magic; - ... - }; - -Please follow this discipline when you are adding future enhancements -to the kernel! It has saved me countless hours of debugging, -especially in the screwy cases where an array has been overrun and -structures following the array have been overwritten. Using this -discipline, these cases get detected quickly and safely. - -Changelog:: - - Theodore Ts'o - 31 Mar 94 - - The magic table is current to Linux 2.1.55. - - Michael Chastain - <mailto:mec@shout.net> - 22 Sep 1997 - - Now it should be up to date with Linux 2.1.112. Because - we are in feature freeze time it is very unlikely that - something will change before 2.2.x. The entries are - sorted by number field. - - Krzysztof G. Baranowski - <mailto: kgb@knm.org.pl> - 29 Jul 1998 - - Updated the magic table to Linux 2.5.45. Right over the feature freeze, - but it is possible that some new magic numbers will sneak into the - kernel before 2.6.x yet. - - Petr Baudis - <pasky@ucw.cz> - 03 Nov 2002 - - Updated the magic table to Linux 2.5.74. - - Fabian Frederick - <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net> - 09 Jul 2003 - - -===================== ================ ======================== ========================================== -Magic Name Number Structure File -===================== ================ ======================== ========================================== -PG_MAGIC 'P' pg_{read,write}_hdr ``include/linux/pg.h`` -CMAGIC 0x0111 user ``include/linux/a.out.h`` -MKISS_DRIVER_MAGIC 0x04bf mkiss_channel ``drivers/net/mkiss.h`` -HDLC_MAGIC 0x239e n_hdlc ``drivers/char/n_hdlc.c`` -APM_BIOS_MAGIC 0x4101 apm_user ``arch/x86/kernel/apm_32.c`` -CYCLADES_MAGIC 0x4359 cyclades_port ``include/linux/cyclades.h`` -DB_MAGIC 0x4442 fc_info ``drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c`` -DL_MAGIC 0x444d fc_info ``drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c`` -FASYNC_MAGIC 0x4601 fasync_struct ``include/linux/fs.h`` -FF_MAGIC 0x4646 fc_info ``drivers/net/iph5526_novram.c`` -ISICOM_MAGIC 0x4d54 isi_port ``include/linux/isicom.h`` -PTY_MAGIC 0x5001 ``drivers/char/pty.c`` -PPP_MAGIC 0x5002 ppp ``include/linux/if_pppvar.h`` -SERIAL_MAGIC 0x5301 async_struct ``include/linux/serial.h`` -SSTATE_MAGIC 0x5302 serial_state ``include/linux/serial.h`` -SLIP_MAGIC 0x5302 slip ``drivers/net/slip.h`` -STRIP_MAGIC 0x5303 strip ``drivers/net/strip.c`` -X25_ASY_MAGIC 0x5303 x25_asy ``drivers/net/x25_asy.h`` -SIXPACK_MAGIC 0x5304 sixpack ``drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.h`` -AX25_MAGIC 0x5316 ax_disp ``drivers/net/mkiss.h`` -TTY_MAGIC 0x5401 tty_struct ``include/linux/tty.h`` -MGSL_MAGIC 0x5401 mgsl_info ``drivers/char/synclink.c`` -TTY_DRIVER_MAGIC 0x5402 tty_driver ``include/linux/tty_driver.h`` -MGSLPC_MAGIC 0x5402 mgslpc_info ``drivers/char/pcmcia/synclink_cs.c`` -TTY_LDISC_MAGIC 0x5403 tty_ldisc ``include/linux/tty_ldisc.h`` -USB_SERIAL_MAGIC 0x6702 usb_serial ``drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.h`` -FULL_DUPLEX_MAGIC 0x6969 ``drivers/net/ethernet/dec/tulip/de2104x.c`` -USB_BLUETOOTH_MAGIC 0x6d02 usb_bluetooth ``drivers/usb/class/bluetty.c`` -RFCOMM_TTY_MAGIC 0x6d02 ``net/bluetooth/rfcomm/tty.c`` -USB_SERIAL_PORT_MAGIC 0x7301 usb_serial_port ``drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.h`` -CG_MAGIC 0x00090255 ufs_cylinder_group ``include/linux/ufs_fs.h`` -RPORT_MAGIC 0x00525001 r_port ``drivers/char/rocket_int.h`` -LSEMAGIC 0x05091998 lse ``drivers/fc4/fc.c`` -GDTIOCTL_MAGIC 0x06030f07 gdth_iowr_str ``drivers/scsi/gdth_ioctl.h`` -RIEBL_MAGIC 0x09051990 ``drivers/net/atarilance.c`` -NBD_REQUEST_MAGIC 0x12560953 nbd_request ``include/linux/nbd.h`` -RED_MAGIC2 0x170fc2a5 (any) ``mm/slab.c`` -BAYCOM_MAGIC 0x19730510 baycom_state ``drivers/net/baycom_epp.c`` -ISDN_X25IFACE_MAGIC 0x1e75a2b9 isdn_x25iface_proto_data ``drivers/isdn/isdn_x25iface.h`` -ECP_MAGIC 0x21504345 cdkecpsig ``include/linux/cdk.h`` -LSOMAGIC 0x27091997 lso ``drivers/fc4/fc.c`` -LSMAGIC 0x2a3b4d2a ls ``drivers/fc4/fc.c`` -WANPIPE_MAGIC 0x414C4453 sdla_{dump,exec} ``include/linux/wanpipe.h`` -CS_CARD_MAGIC 0x43525553 cs_card ``sound/oss/cs46xx.c`` -LABELCL_MAGIC 0x4857434c labelcl_info_s ``include/asm/ia64/sn/labelcl.h`` -ISDN_ASYNC_MAGIC 0x49344C01 modem_info ``include/linux/isdn.h`` -CTC_ASYNC_MAGIC 0x49344C01 ctc_tty_info ``drivers/s390/net/ctctty.c`` -ISDN_NET_MAGIC 0x49344C02 isdn_net_local_s ``drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net_lib.h`` -SAVEKMSG_MAGIC2 0x4B4D5347 savekmsg ``arch/*/amiga/config.c`` -CS_STATE_MAGIC 0x4c4f4749 cs_state ``sound/oss/cs46xx.c`` -SLAB_C_MAGIC 0x4f17a36d kmem_cache ``mm/slab.c`` -COW_MAGIC 0x4f4f4f4d cow_header_v1 ``arch/um/drivers/ubd_user.c`` -I810_CARD_MAGIC 0x5072696E i810_card ``sound/oss/i810_audio.c`` -TRIDENT_CARD_MAGIC 0x5072696E trident_card ``sound/oss/trident.c`` -ROUTER_MAGIC 0x524d4157 wan_device [in ``wanrouter.h`` pre 3.9] -SAVEKMSG_MAGIC1 0x53415645 savekmsg ``arch/*/amiga/config.c`` -GDA_MAGIC 0x58464552 gda ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/gda.h`` -RED_MAGIC1 0x5a2cf071 (any) ``mm/slab.c`` -EEPROM_MAGIC_VALUE 0x5ab478d2 lanai_dev ``drivers/atm/lanai.c`` -HDLCDRV_MAGIC 0x5ac6e778 hdlcdrv_state ``include/linux/hdlcdrv.h`` -PCXX_MAGIC 0x5c6df104 channel ``drivers/char/pcxx.h`` -KV_MAGIC 0x5f4b565f kernel_vars_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/klkernvars.h`` -I810_STATE_MAGIC 0x63657373 i810_state ``sound/oss/i810_audio.c`` -TRIDENT_STATE_MAGIC 0x63657373 trient_state ``sound/oss/trident.c`` -M3_CARD_MAGIC 0x646e6f50 m3_card ``sound/oss/maestro3.c`` -FW_HEADER_MAGIC 0x65726F66 fw_header ``drivers/atm/fore200e.h`` -SLOT_MAGIC 0x67267321 slot ``drivers/hotplug/cpqphp.h`` -SLOT_MAGIC 0x67267322 slot ``drivers/hotplug/acpiphp.h`` -LO_MAGIC 0x68797548 nbd_device ``include/linux/nbd.h`` -OPROFILE_MAGIC 0x6f70726f super_block ``drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.h`` -M3_STATE_MAGIC 0x734d724d m3_state ``sound/oss/maestro3.c`` -VMALLOC_MAGIC 0x87654320 snd_alloc_track ``sound/core/memory.c`` -KMALLOC_MAGIC 0x87654321 snd_alloc_track ``sound/core/memory.c`` -PWC_MAGIC 0x89DC10AB pwc_device ``drivers/usb/media/pwc.h`` -NBD_REPLY_MAGIC 0x96744668 nbd_reply ``include/linux/nbd.h`` -ENI155_MAGIC 0xa54b872d midway_eprom ``drivers/atm/eni.h`` -CODA_MAGIC 0xC0DAC0DA coda_file_info ``fs/coda/coda_fs_i.h`` -DPMEM_MAGIC 0xc0ffee11 gdt_pci_sram ``drivers/scsi/gdth.h`` -YAM_MAGIC 0xF10A7654 yam_port ``drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c`` -CCB_MAGIC 0xf2691ad2 ccb ``drivers/scsi/ncr53c8xx.c`` -QUEUE_MAGIC_FREE 0xf7e1c9a3 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c`` -QUEUE_MAGIC_USED 0xf7e1cc33 queue_entry ``drivers/scsi/arm/queue.c`` -HTB_CMAGIC 0xFEFAFEF1 htb_class ``net/sched/sch_htb.c`` -NMI_MAGIC 0x48414d4d455201 nmi_s ``arch/mips/include/asm/sn/nmi.h`` -===================== ================ ======================== ========================================== - -Note that there are also defined special per-driver magic numbers in sound -memory management. See ``include/sound/sndmagic.h`` for complete list of them. Many -OSS sound drivers have their magic numbers constructed from the soundcard PCI -ID - these are not listed here as well. - -IrDA subsystem also uses large number of own magic numbers, see -``include/net/irda/irda.h`` for a complete list of them. - -HFS is another larger user of magic numbers - you can find them in -``fs/hfs/hfs.h``. |