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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-25 12:11:02 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-25 12:11:02 +0200
commit59e52534172d845ebffb0d7e85fc56fb7b857051 (patch)
tree49552e03f1bdb413cd8b5f7542e91770688d7047 /lib
parent73692d9bb58ecc2fa73f4b2bfcf6eadaa6d49a26 (diff)
parent0d89e54c8249645404283436d952afc261a04e1e (diff)
downloadlinux-59e52534172d845ebffb0d7e85fc56fb7b857051.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (59 commits) MAINTAINERS: linux-m32r is moderated for non-subscribers linux@lists.openrisc.net is moderated for non-subscribers Drop default from "DM365 codec select" choice parisc: Kconfig: cleanup Kernel page size default Kconfig: remove redundant CONFIG_ prefix on two symbols cris: remove arch/cris/arch-v32/lib/nand_init.S microblaze: add missing CONFIG_ prefixes h8300: drop puzzling Kconfig dependencies MAINTAINERS: microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au is moderated for non-subscribers tty: drop superfluous dependency in Kconfig ARM: mxc: fix Kconfig typo 'i.MX51' Fix file references in Kconfig files aic7xxx: fix Kconfig references to READMEs Fix file references in drivers/ide/ thinkpad_acpi: Fix printk typo 'bluestooth' bcmring: drop commented out line in Kconfig btmrvl_sdio: fix typo 'btmrvl_sdio_sd6888' doc: raw1394: Trivial typo fix CIFS: Don't free volume_info->UNC until we are entirely done with it. treewide: Correct spelling of successfully in comments ...
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/Kconfig.debug40
-rw-r--r--lib/dynamic_debug.c1
-rw-r--r--lib/idr.c2
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 103c171ce605..75330bd87565 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -117,31 +117,31 @@ config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
help
The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
references from one section to another section.
- Linux will during link or during runtime drop some sections
- and any use of code/data previously in these sections will
+ During linktime or runtime, some sections are dropped;
+ any use of code/data previously in these sections would
most likely result in an oops.
- In the code functions and variables are annotated with
- __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h)
+ In the code, functions and variables are annotated with
+ __init, __devinit, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h),
which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
- The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full
- kernel build but enabling this option will in addition
- do the following:
- - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc
- When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init
- function we would lose the section information and thus
+ The section mismatch analysis is always performed after a full
+ kernel build, and enabling this option causes the following
+ additional steps to occur:
+ - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc commands.
+ When inlining a function annotated with __init in a non-init
+ function, we would lose the section information and thus
the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
- This option tells gcc to inline less but will also
- result in a larger kernel.
- - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o
- When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we
+ This option tells gcc to inline less (but it does result in
+ a larger kernel).
+ - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o file.
+ When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o, we
lose valueble information about where the mismatch was
introduced.
Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file
- will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the
- source. The drawback is that we will report the same
- mismatch at least twice.
- - Enable verbose reporting from modpost to help solving
- the section mismatches reported.
+ tells where the mismatch happens much closer to the
+ source. The drawback is that the same mismatch is
+ reported at least twice.
+ - Enable verbose reporting from modpost in order to help resolve
+ the section mismatches that are reported.
config DEBUG_KERNEL
bool "Kernel debugging"
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ config DEBUG_CREDENTIALS
#
# Select this config option from the architecture Kconfig, if it
-# it is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
+# is preferred to always offer frame pointers as a config
# option on the architecture (regardless of KERNEL_DEBUG):
#
config ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index 75ca78f3a8c9..79fc20b65e74 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/kallsyms.h>
-#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index db040ce3fa73..5acf9bb10968 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ida_get_new_above);
* and go back to the idr_pre_get() call. If the idr is full, it will
* return %-ENOSPC.
*
- * @id returns a value in the range %0 ... %0x7fffffff.
+ * @p_id returns a value in the range %0 ... %0x7fffffff.
*/
int ida_get_new(struct ida *ida, int *p_id)
{