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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-25 12:11:02 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-10-25 12:11:02 +0200 |
commit | 59e52534172d845ebffb0d7e85fc56fb7b857051 (patch) | |
tree | 49552e03f1bdb413cd8b5f7542e91770688d7047 /lib | |
parent | 73692d9bb58ecc2fa73f4b2bfcf6eadaa6d49a26 (diff) | |
parent | 0d89e54c8249645404283436d952afc261a04e1e (diff) | |
download | linux-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)
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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
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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
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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/dynamic_debug.c | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | lib/idr.c | 2 |
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) { |