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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst index 6c791af1c859..74c5e6aeeff5 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/coccinelle.rst @@ -175,13 +175,20 @@ For example, to check drivers/net/wireless/ one may write:: make coccicheck M=drivers/net/wireless/ To apply Coccinelle on a file basis, instead of a directory basis, the -following command may be used:: +C variable is used by the makefile to select which files to work with. +This variable can be used to run scripts for the entire kernel, a +specific directory, or for a single file. - make C=1 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck" +For example, to check drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.c, the value 1 is +passed to the C variable to check files that make considers +need to be compiled.:: -To check only newly edited code, use the value 2 for the C flag, i.e.:: + make C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.o - make C=2 CHECK="scripts/coccicheck" +The value 2 is passed to the C variable to check files regardless of +whether they need to be compiled or not.:: + + make C=2 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/bluetooth/bfusb.o In these modes, which work on a file basis, there is no information about semantic patches displayed, and no commit message proposed. diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst index 0e52e966a153..c908ef4d3f04 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ driver as a loadable kernel module kgdbwait will not do anything. Kernel parameter: ``kgdbcon`` ----------------------------- -The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see :c:func:`printk` messages inside gdb +The ``kgdbcon`` feature allows you to see printk() messages inside gdb while gdb is connected to the kernel. Kdb does not make use of the kgdbcon feature. @@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ This is a quick example of how to use kdb. ``ps`` Displays only the active processes ``ps A`` Shows all the processes ``summary`` Shows kernel version info and memory usage - ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using :c:func:`dump_stack` + ``bt`` Get a backtrace of the current process using dump_stack() ``dmesg`` View the kernel syslog buffer ``go`` Continue the system =========== ================================================================= @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ The kernel debugger is organized into a number of components: The arch-specific portion implements: - contains an arch-specific trap catcher which invokes - :c:func:`kgdb_handle_exception` to start kgdb about doing its work + kgdb_handle_exception() to start kgdb about doing its work - translation to and from gdb specific packet format to :c:type:`pt_regs` @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ The kernel debugger is organized into a number of components: config. Later run ``modprobe kdb_hello`` and the next time you enter the kdb shell, you can run the ``hello`` command. - - The implementation for :c:func:`kdb_printf` which emits messages directly + - The implementation for kdb_printf() which emits messages directly to I/O drivers, bypassing the kernel log. - SW / HW breakpoint management for the kdb shell @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ kernel when ``CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD=y`` is set in the kernel configuration. The core polled keyboard driver for PS/2 type keyboards is in ``drivers/char/kdb_keyboard.c``. This driver is hooked into the debug core when kgdboc populates the callback in the array called -:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The :c:func:`kdb_get_kbd_char` is the top-level +:c:type:`kdb_poll_funcs[]`. The kdb_get_kbd_char() is the top-level function which polls hardware for single character input. kgdboc and kms @@ -887,10 +887,10 @@ that you have a video driver which has a frame buffer console and atomic kernel mode setting support. Every time the kernel debugger is entered it calls -:c:func:`kgdboc_pre_exp_handler` which in turn calls :c:func:`con_debug_enter` +kgdboc_pre_exp_handler() which in turn calls con_debug_enter() in the virtual console layer. On resuming kernel execution, the kernel -debugger calls :c:func:`kgdboc_post_exp_handler` which in turn calls -:c:func:`con_debug_leave`. +debugger calls kgdboc_post_exp_handler() which in turn calls +con_debug_leave(). Any video driver that wants to be compatible with the kernel debugger and the atomic kms callbacks must implement the ``mode_set_base_atomic``, |