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2021-02-22Merge tag 'docs-5.12' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds5-32/+71
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It has been a relatively quiet cycle in docsland. - As promised, the minimum Sphinx version to build the docs is now 1.7, and we have dropped support for Python 2 entirely. That allowed the removal of a bunch of compatibility code. - A set of treewide warning fixups from Mauro that I applied after it became clear nobody else was going to deal with them. - The automarkup mechanism can now create cross-references from relative paths to RST files. - More translations, typo fixes, and warning fixes" * tag 'docs-5.12' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (75 commits) docs: kernel-hacking: be more civil docs: Remove the Microsoft rhetoric Documentation/admin-guide: kernel-parameters: Update nohlt section doc/admin-guide: fix spelling mistake: "perfomance" -> "performance" docs: Document cross-referencing using relative path docs: Enable usage of relative paths to docs on automarkup docs: thermal: fix spelling mistakes Documentation: admin-guide: Update kvm/xen config option docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistent coding-style.rst: Avoid comma statements Documentation: /proc/loadavg: add 3 more field descriptions Documentation/submitting-patches: Add blurb about backtraces in commit messages Docs: drop Python 2 support Move our minimum Sphinx version to 1.7 Documentation: input: define ABS_PRESSURE/ABS_MT_PRESSURE resolution as grams scripts/kernel-doc: add internal hyperlink to DOC: sections Update Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/fs.rst docs: Update DTB format references docs: zh_CN: add iio index.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add iio ep93xx_adc.rst translation ...
2021-02-22Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsiLinus Torvalds1-2/+0
Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley: "This series consists of the usual driver updates (ufs, ibmvfc, qla2xxx, hisi_sas, pm80xx) plus the removal of the gdth driver (which is bound to cause conflicts with a trivial change somewhere). The only big major rework of note is the one from Hannes trying to clean up our result handling code in the drivers to make it consistent" * tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (194 commits) scsi: MAINTAINERS: Adjust to reflect gdth scsi driver removal scsi: ufs: Give clk scaling min gear a value scsi: lpfc: Fix 'physical' typos scsi: megaraid_mbox: Fix spelling of 'allocated' scsi: qla2xxx: Simplify the calculation of variables scsi: message: fusion: Fix 'physical' typos scsi: target: core: Change ASCQ for residual write scsi: target: core: Signal WRITE residuals scsi: target: core: Set residuals for 4Kn devices scsi: hisi_sas: Add trace FIFO debugfs support scsi: hisi_sas: Flush workqueue in hisi_sas_v3_remove() scsi: hisi_sas: Enable debugfs support by default scsi: hisi_sas: Don't check .nr_hw_queues in hisi_sas_task_prep() scsi: hisi_sas: Remove deferred probe check in hisi_sas_v2_probe() scsi: lpfc: Add auto select on IRQ_POLL scsi: ncr53c8xx: Fix typos scsi: lpfc: Fix ancient double free scsi: qla2xxx: Fix some memory corruption scsi: qla2xxx: Remove redundant NULL check scsi: megaraid: Fix ifnullfree.cocci warnings ...
2021-02-11docs: Remove the Microsoft rhetoricYorick de Wid1-2/+1
There is no need to need to name Microsoft. The point is clear without that context. Signed-off-by: Yorick de Wid <ydewid@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210208150447.87104-1-ydewid@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-02-04docs: Make syscalls' helpers naming consistentAndré Almeida1-1/+1
The documentation explains the need to create internal syscalls' helpers, and that they should be called `kern_xyzzy()`. However, the comment at include/linux/syscalls.h says that they should be named as `ksys_xyzzy()`, and so are all the helpers declared bellow it. Change the documentation to reflect this. Fixes: 819671ff849b ("syscalls: define and explain goal to not call syscalls in the kernel") Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com> Reviewed-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210130014547.123006-1-andrealmeid@collabora.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-02-04coding-style.rst: Avoid comma statementsJoe Perches1-0/+17
Commas are not how statements are terminated. Always use semicolons and braces if necessary. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2a97b738bba335434461a5a918053a49c1fb6af4.1598331148.git.joe@perches.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-02-04Documentation/submitting-patches: Add blurb about backtraces in commit messagesBorislav Petkov1-0/+20
Document that backtraces in commit messages should be trimmed down to the useful information only. This has been carved out from a tip subsystem handbook patchset by Thomas Gleixner: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171010.421878737@linutronix.de and incorporates follow-on comments. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-01-29drivers: Remove CONFIG_OPROFILE supportViresh Kumar1-1/+0
The "oprofile" user-space tools don't use the kernel OPROFILE support any more, and haven't in a long time. User-space has been converted to the perf interfaces. Remove kernel's old oprofile support. Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Acked-by: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> #RCU Acked-by: William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com> Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2021-01-22scsi: Drop gdth driverHannes Reinecke1-2/+0
The gdth driver refers to a SCSI parallel, PCI-only HBA RAID adapter which was manufactured by the now-defunct ICP Vortex company, later acquired by Adaptec and superseded by the aacraid series of controllers. The driver itself would require a major overhaul before any modifications can be attempted, but seeing that it's unlikely to have any users left it should rather be removed completely. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210113090500.129644-2-hare@suse.de Cautiously-Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
2021-01-18docs: Remove make headers_check from checklistMilan Lakhani1-8/+6
Remove the make headers_check step from submit-checklist.rst as this is no longer functional. Signed-off-by: Milan Lakhani <milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1610458861-2832-1-git-send-email-milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-01-18docs: submitting-patches: Emphasise the requirement to Cc: stable when using ↵Lee Jones1-0/+5
Fixes: tag Clear-up any confusion surrounding the Fixes: tag with regards to the need to Cc: the stable mailing list when submitting stable patch candidates. Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210113163315.1331064-1-lee.jones@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-01-18docs: process/howto.rst: make sections on bug reporting match practiceThorsten Leemhuis1-10/+10
The file Documentation/process/howto.rst points to bugzilla.kernel.org as the primary place to report kernel bugs to. For most of the kernel that's the wrong place, as the MAINTAINERS file shows. Adjust those sections to make them match current practice. This change also removes a contradiction with the recently added text Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst, which is a reason for a 'this needs further discussion' warning note in there. The change is thus a prerequisite to remove that warning, nevertheless it is left for now to make sure people review the text's approach more carefully. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210116143542.69199-1-linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-01-11Documentation: Replace lkml.org links with loreJoe Perches2-11/+11
Replace the lkml.org links with lore to better use a single source that's more likely to stay available long-term. Done by bash script: cvt_lkml_to_lore () { tmpfile=$(mktemp ./.cvt_links.XXXXXXX) header=$(echo $1 | sed 's@/lkml/@/lkml/headers/@') wget -qO - $header > $tmpfile if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then link=$(grep -i '^Message-Id:' $tmpfile | head -1 | \ sed -r -e 's/^\s*Message-Id:\s*<\s*//' -e 's/\s*>\s*$//' -e 's@^@https://lore.kernel.org/r/@') # echo "testlink: $link" if [ -n "$link" ] ; then wget -qO - $link > /dev/null if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then echo $link fi fi fi rm -f $tmpfile } git grep -P -o "\bhttps?://(?:www.)?lkml.org/lkml[\/\w]+" $@ | while read line ; do echo $line file=$(echo $line | cut -f1 -d':') link=$(echo $line | cut -f2- -d':') newlink=$(cvt_lkml_to_lore $link) if [[ -n "$newlink" ]] ; then sed -i -e "s#\b$link\b#$newlink#" $file fi done Link: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1265849/#1462688 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/77cdb7f32cfb087955bfc3600b86c40bed5d4104.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-01-07docs: remove mention of ENABLE_MUST_CHECKMiguel Ojeda1-4/+2
We removed ENABLE_MUST_CHECK in 196793946264 ("Compiler Attributes: remove CONFIG_ENABLE_MUST_CHECK"), so let's remove docs' mentions. At the same time, fix the outdated text related to ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED that wasn't removed in 3337d5cfe5e08 ("configs: get rid of obsolete CONFIG_ENABLE_WARN_DEPRECATED"). Finally, reflow the paragraph. Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210105055815.GA5173@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-24Merge tag 'docs-5.11-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds2-13/+19
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A small set of late-arriving, small documentation fixes" * tag 'docs-5.11-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs: admin-guide: Fix default value of max_map_count in sysctl/vm.rst Documentation/submitting-patches: Document the SoB chain Documentation: process: Correct numbering docs: submitting-patches: Trivial - fix grammatical error
2020-12-21Documentation/submitting-patches: Document the SoB chainBorislav Petkov1-0/+6
Document what a chain of Signed-off-by's in a patch commit message should mean, explicitly. This has been carved out from a tip subsystem handbook patchset by Thomas Gleixner: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171010.421878737@linutronix.de and incorporates follow-on comments. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201217183756.GE23634@zn.tnic Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-21Documentation: process: Correct numberingMilan Lakhani1-12/+12
Renumber the steps in submit-checklist.rst as some numbers were skipped. Signed-off-by: Milan Lakhani <milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1608064956-5512-1-git-send-email-milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-21docs: submitting-patches: Trivial - fix grammatical errorLee Jones1-1/+1
"it is a used" does not make sense. Should be "it is used". Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201216134654.271508-1-lee.jones@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-15Merge tag 'net-next-5.11' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+0
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next Pull networking updates from Jakub Kicinski: "Core: - support "prefer busy polling" NAPI operation mode, where we defer softirq for some time expecting applications to periodically busy poll - AF_XDP: improve efficiency by more batching and hindering the adjacency cache prefetcher - af_packet: make packet_fanout.arr size configurable up to 64K - tcp: optimize TCP zero copy receive in presence of partial or unaligned reads making zero copy a performance win for much smaller messages - XDP: add bulk APIs for returning / freeing frames - sched: support fragmenting IP packets as they come out of conntrack - net: allow virtual netdevs to forward UDP L4 and fraglist GSO skbs BPF: - BPF switch from crude rlimit-based to memcg-based memory accounting - BPF type format information for kernel modules and related tracing enhancements - BPF implement task local storage for BPF LSM - allow the FENTRY/FEXIT/RAW_TP tracing programs to use bpf_sk_storage Protocols: - mptcp: improve multiple xmit streams support, memory accounting and many smaller improvements - TLS: support CHACHA20-POLY1305 cipher - seg6: add support for SRv6 End.DT4/DT6 behavior - sctp: Implement RFC 6951: UDP Encapsulation of SCTP - ppp_generic: add ability to bridge channels directly - bridge: Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) support as is defined in IEEE 802.1Q section 12.14. Drivers: - mlx5: make use of the new auxiliary bus to organize the driver internals - mlx5: more accurate port TX timestamping support - mlxsw: - improve the efficiency of offloaded next hop updates by using the new nexthop object API - support blackhole nexthops - support IEEE 802.1ad (Q-in-Q) bridging - rtw88: major bluetooth co-existance improvements - iwlwifi: support new 6 GHz frequency band - ath11k: Fast Initial Link Setup (FILS) - mt7915: dual band concurrent (DBDC) support - net: ipa: add basic support for IPA v4.5 Refactor: - a few pieces of in_interrupt() cleanup work from Sebastian Andrzej Siewior - phy: add support for shared interrupts; get rid of multiple driver APIs and have the drivers write a full IRQ handler, slight growth of driver code should be compensated by the simpler API which also allows shared IRQs - add common code for handling netdev per-cpu counters - move TX packet re-allocation from Ethernet switch tag drivers to a central place - improve efficiency and rename nla_strlcpy - number of W=1 warning cleanups as we now catch those in a patchwork build bot Old code removal: - wan: delete the DLCI / SDLA drivers - wimax: move to staging - wifi: remove old WDS wifi bridging support" * tag 'net-next-5.11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next: (1922 commits) net: hns3: fix expression that is currently always true net: fix proc_fs init handling in af_packet and tls nfc: pn533: convert comma to semicolon af_vsock: Assign the vsock transport considering the vsock address flags af_vsock: Set VMADDR_FLAG_TO_HOST flag on the receive path vsock_addr: Check for supported flag values vm_sockets: Add VMADDR_FLAG_TO_HOST vsock flag vm_sockets: Add flags field in the vsock address data structure net: Disable NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX when HW_CSUM is disabled tcp: Add logic to check for SYN w/ data in tcp_simple_retransmit net: mscc: ocelot: install MAC addresses in .ndo_set_rx_mode from process context nfc: s3fwrn5: Release the nfc firmware net: vxget: clean up sparse warnings mlxsw: spectrum_router: Use eXtended mezzanine to offload IPv4 router mlxsw: spectrum: Set KVH XLT cache mode for Spectrum2/3 mlxsw: spectrum_router_xm: Introduce basic XM cache flushing mlxsw: reg: Add Router LPM Cache Enable Register mlxsw: reg: Add Router LPM Cache ML Delete Register mlxsw: spectrum_router_xm: Implement L-value tracking for M-index mlxsw: reg: Add XM Router M Table Register ...
2020-12-14Merge tag 'docs-5.11' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds5-9/+10
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A much quieter cycle for documentation (happily), with, one hopes, the bulk of the churn behind us. Significant stuff in this pull includes: - A set of new Chinese translations - Italian translation updates - A mechanism from Mauro to automatically format Documentation/features for the built docs - Automatic cross references without explicit :ref: markup - A new reset-controller document - An extensive new document on reporting problems from Thorsten That last patch also adds the CC-BY-4.0 license to LICENSES/dual; there was some discussion on this, but we seem to have consensus and an ack from Greg for that addition" * tag 'docs-5.11' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (50 commits) docs: fix broken cross reference in translations/zh_CN docs: Note that sphinx 1.7 will be required soon docs: update requirements to install six module docs: reporting-issues: move 'outdated, need help' note to proper place docs: Update documentation to reflect what TAINT_CPU_OUT_OF_SPEC means docs: add a reset controller chapter to the driver API docs docs: make reporting-bugs.rst obsolete docs: Add a new text describing how to report bugs LICENSES: Add the CC-BY-4.0 license Documentation: fix multiple typos found in the admin-guide subdirectory Documentation: fix typos found in admin-guide subdirectory kernel-doc: Fix example in Nested structs/unions docs: clean up sysctl/kernel: titles, version docs: trace: fix event state structure name docs: nios2: add missing ReST file scripts: get_feat.pl: reduce table width for all features output scripts: get_feat.pl: change the group by order scripts: get_feat.pl: make complete table more coincise scripts: kernel-doc: fix parsing function-like typedefs Documentation: fix typos found in process, dev-tools, and doc-guide subdirectories ...
2020-12-08docs: make reporting-bugs.rst obsoleteThorsten Leemhuis1-5/+4
Make various places which point to Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst point to Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst instead. That document is brand new and as of now is not completely finished. But even at this stage it's a lot more helpful and accurate than reporting-bugs.rst. Hence also add a note to reporting-bugs.rst, telling people they're better off reading reporting-issues.rst instead. reporting-bugs.rst is scheduled for removal once reporting-issues.rst is considered ready. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3df7c2d16de112b47bb6e6158138608e78562bf5.1607063223.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-03Documentation: fix typos found in process, dev-tools, and doc-guide ↵Andrew Klychkov2-2/+2
subdirectories Fix four typos in kcov.rst, sphinx.rst, clang-format.rst, and embargoed-hardware-issues.rst Signed-off-by: Andrew Klychkov <andrew.a.klychkov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202075438.GA35516@spblnx124.lan Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-12-03Documentation: fix typos in process/kernel-docs.rstAndrew Klychkov1-2/+2
Fix two typos in kernel-docs.rst Signed-off-by: Andrew Klychkov <andrew.a.klychkov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201202074938.GA35075@spblnx124.lan Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-11-13Documentation: include sign off for revertsAditya Srivastava1-0/+2
Currently, we do not have any documentation on commit reverts regarding the requirement of Signed-off-by tag for it. This may be misleading to the users. Evaluating MISSING_SIGN_OFF checkpatch warnings on v4.13..v5.8 showed that 4 out of 11 cases missing a sign-off are revert commits. Add documentation regarding the same to document the community consensus and let readers know. Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201110174749.32068-1-yashsri421@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-11-12Merge https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/netJakub Kicinski1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-11-11net: switch to the kernel.org patchwork instanceJakub Kicinski1-1/+1
Move to the kernel.org patchwork instance, it has significantly lower latency for accessing from Europe and the US. Other quirks include the reply bot. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201110035120.642746-1-kuba@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-11-07net: x25_asy: Delete the x25_asy driverXie He1-1/+0
This driver transports LAPB (X.25 link layer) frames over TTY links. I can safely say that this driver has no actual user because it was not working at all until: commit 8fdcabeac398 ("drivers/net/wan/x25_asy: Fix to make it work") The code in its current state still has problems: 1. The uses of "struct x25_asy" in x25_asy_unesc (when receiving) and in x25_asy_write_wakeup (when sending) are not protected by locks against x25_asy_change_mtu's changing of the transmitting/receiving buffers. Also, all "netif_running" checks in this driver are not protected by locks against the ndo_stop function. 2. The driver stops all TTY read/write when the netif is down. I think this is not right because this may cause the last outgoing frame before the netif goes down to be incompletely transmitted, and the first incoming frame after the netif goes up to be incompletely received. And there may also be other problems. I was planning to fix these problems but after recent discussions about deleting other old networking code, I think we may just delete this driver, too. Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> Acked-by: Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201105073434.429307-1-xie.he.0141@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2020-10-23Merge tag 'docs-5.10-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds2-18/+33
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes" * tag 'docs-5.10-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs: Add two missing entries in vm sysctl index docs/vm: trivial fixes to several spelling mistakes docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving review/test tags Documentation: Chinese translation of Documentation/arm64/hugetlbpage.rst Documentation: x86: fix a missing word in x86_64/mm.rst. docs: driver-api: remove a duplicated index entry docs: lkdtm: Modernize and improve details docs: deprecated.rst: Expand str*cpy() replacement notes docs/cpu-load: format the example code.
2020-10-22Merge tag 'kbuild-v5.10' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-2/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada: - Support 'make compile_commands.json' to generate the compilation database more easily, avoiding stale entries - Support 'make clang-analyzer' and 'make clang-tidy' for static checks using clang-tidy - Preprocess scripts/modules.lds.S to allow CONFIG options in the module linker script - Drop cc-option tests from compiler flags supported by our minimal GCC/Clang versions - Use always 12-digits commit hash for CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y - Use sha1 build id for both BFD linker and LLD - Improve deb-pkg for reproducible builds and rootless builds - Remove stale, useless scripts/namespace.pl - Turn -Wreturn-type warning into error - Fix build error of deb-pkg when CONFIG_MODULES=n - Replace 'hostname' command with more portable 'uname -n' - Various Makefile cleanups * tag 'kbuild-v5.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (34 commits) kbuild: Use uname for LINUX_COMPILE_HOST detection kbuild: Only add -fno-var-tracking-assignments for old GCC versions kbuild: remove leftover comment for filechk utility treewide: remove DISABLE_LTO kbuild: deb-pkg: clean up package name variables kbuild: deb-pkg: do not build linux-headers package if CONFIG_MODULES=n kbuild: enforce -Werror=return-type scripts: remove namespace.pl builddeb: Add support for all required debian/rules targets builddeb: Enable rootless builds builddeb: Pass -n to gzip for reproducible packages kbuild: split the build log of kallsyms kbuild: explicitly specify the build id style scripts/setlocalversion: make git describe output more reliable kbuild: remove cc-option test of -Werror=date-time kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-check kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-strict-overflow kbuild: move CFLAGS_{KASAN,UBSAN,KCSAN} exports to relevant Makefiles kbuild: remove redundant CONFIG_KASAN check from scripts/Makefile.kasan kbuild: do not create built-in objects for external module builds ...
2020-10-21docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving review/test tagsKrzysztof Kozlowski1-0/+7
From time to time, the novice kernel contributors do not add Reviewed-by or Tested-by tags to the next versions of the patches. Mostly because they are unaware that responsibility of adding these tags in next version is on submitter, not maintainer. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201013162725.13572-1-krzk@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-10-21docs: deprecated.rst: Expand str*cpy() replacement notesKees Cook1-18/+26
The notes on replacing the deprecated str*cpy() functions didn't call enough attention to the change in return type. Add these details and clean up the language a bit more. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Acked-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201015231730.2138505-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-10-12scripts: remove namespace.plJacob Keller1-2/+1
namespace.pl is intended to help locate symbols which are defined but are not used externally. The goal is to avoid bloat of the namespace in the resulting kernel image. The script relies on object data, and only finds unused symbols for the configuration used to generate that object data. This results in a lot of false positive warnings such as symbols only used by a single architecture, or symbols which are used externally only under certain configurations. Running namespace.pl using allyesconfig, allmodconfig, and x86_64_defconfig yields the following results: * allmodconfig * 11122 unique symbol names with no external reference * 1194 symbols listed as multiply defined * 214 symbols it can't resolve * allyesconfig * 10997 unique symbol names with no external reference * 1194 symbols listed as multiply defined * 214 symbols it can't resolve * x86_64_defconfig * 5757 unique symbol names with no external reference * 528 symbols listed as multiply defined * 154 symbols it can't resolve The script also has no way to easily limit the scope of the checks to a given subset of the kernel, such as only checking for symbols defined within a module or subsystem. Discussion on public mailing lists seems to indicate that many view the tool output as suspect or not very useful (see discussions at [1] and [2] for further context). As described by Masahiro Yamada at [2], namespace.pl provides 3 types of checks: listing multiply defined symbols, resolving external symbols, and warnings about symbols with no reference. The first category of issues is easily caught by the linker as any set of multiply defined symbols should fail to link. The second category of issues is also caught by linking, as undefined symbols would cause issues. Even with modules, these types of issues where a module relies on an external symbol are caught by modpost. The remaining category of issues reported is the list of symbols with no external reference, and is the primary motivation of this script. However, it ought to be clear from the above examples that the output is difficult to sort through. Even allyesconfig has ~10000 entries. The current submit-checklist indicates that patches ought to go through namespacecheck and fix any new issues arising. But that itself presents problems. As described at [1], many cases of reports are due to configuration where a function is used externally by some configuration settings. Prominent maintainers appear to dislike changes modify code such that symbols become static based on CONFIG_* flags ([3], and [4]) One possible solution is to adjust the advice and indicate that we only care about the output of namespacecheck on allyesconfig or allmodconfig builds... However, given the discussion at [2], I suspect that few people are actively using this tool. It doesn't have a maintainer in the MAINTAINERS flie, and it produces so many warnings for unused symbols that it is difficult to use effectively. Thus, I propose we simply remove it. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200708164812.384ae8ea@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190129204319.15238-1-jacob.e.keller@intel.com/ [3] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190828.154744.2058157956381129672.davem@davemloft.net/ [4] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190827210928.576c5fef@cakuba.netronome.com/ Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
2020-10-05docs: programming-languages: refresh blurb on clang supportNick Desaulniers1-4/+5
Building the kernel with Clang doesn't rely on third party patches, and has not for a few years now. Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200929211936.580805-1-ndesaulniers@google.com [jc: Took out duplicated "docs" pointed out by Randy] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-10docs: submitting-patches: use :doc: for referencesMauro Carvalho Chehab1-12/+8
There are two broken references at submitting-patches.rst: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:240: WARNING: undefined label: security-bugs (if the link has no caption the label must precede a section header) Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst:336: WARNING: undefined label: documentation/process/email-clients.rst (if the link has no caption the label must precede a section header) Those are due to some recent renames and file moves. It turns that maintaining :ref: is currently harder than using :doc:, as we now have a script to help checking such references. So, replace :ref: to :doc: there, making them to point to the current file name. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3ba405f579cf35ef2b39dd210d8ad46adc79f0ad.1599660067.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-09docs: deprecated.rst: Update zero-length/one-element arrays sectionGustavo A. R. Silva1-3/+3
Update information in the zero-length and one-element arrays section and illustrate how to make use of the new flex_array_size() helper, together with struct_size() and a flexible-array member. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200901010949.GA21398@embeddedor Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-09Documentation: submit-checklist: add clean builds for new DocumentationRandy Dunlap1-0/+4
Add to Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst that patch submitters should run "make htmldocs" and verify that any Documentation/ changes (patches) are clean (no new warnings/errors). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cf5bbdf5-03ff-0606-a6d4-ca196d90aee9@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03submitting-patches.rst: presume git will be usedDrew DeVault1-132/+16
Git is fairly ubiquitous these days, and the additional information in this documentation for preparing patches without it is not especially relevant anymore and may serve to confuse new contributors. The git request-pull comments were also removed, given that it is not a tool well-suited to novice contributors, nor do maintainers especially appreciate receiving unexpected request-pulls from new contributors. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-5-sir@cmpwn.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03Documentation/maintainer: rehome sign-off processDrew DeVault1-46/+0
The repeated sign-offs necessary when a subsystem maintainer modifies an incoming patch has been moved from submitting-patches.rst to Documentation/maintainer, since the affairs of a subsystem maintainer are not especially relevant to someone reading a guide for how to submit their first patch. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-4-sir@cmpwn.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03Documentation/process: expand plain-text adviceDrew DeVault2-0/+8
This adds a link to https://useplaintext.email to email-clients.rst, which is a more exhaustive resource on configuring various mail clients for plain text use. submitting-patches.rst is also updated to direct readers to email-clients.rst to equip new contributors with the requisite knowledge to become a good participant on the mailing lists. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-3-sir@cmpwn.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03submitting-patches.rst: remove heading numberingDrew DeVault1-34/+34
This follows similar changes throughout Documentation; these numbers tend to get outdated and are not especially useful. Signed-off-by: Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200903160545.83185-2-sir@cmpwn.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-09-03Documentation: process: step 2: Link to email list fixed.Javier Garcia1-1/+1
In the past, these email lists where located at lists.redhat.com. This is not longer the case and they are now at redhat.com/mailman/listinfo Signed-off-by: Javier Garcia <javier@beren.dev> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200901090949.14514-1-javier@beren.dev Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-31Documentation: clarify driver licensing rulesDave Hansen1-4/+5
Greg has challenged some recent driver submitters on their license choices. He was correct to do so, as the choices in these instances did not always advance the aims of the submitters. But, this left submitters (and the folks who help them pick licenses) a bit confused. They have read things like Documentation/process/license-rules.rst which says: individual source files can have a different license which is required to be compatible with the GPL-2.0 and Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst: We don't insist on any kind of exclusive GPL licensing, and if you wish ... you may well wish to release under multiple licenses. As written, these appear a _bit_ more laissez faire than we've been in practice lately. It sounds like we at least expect submitters to make a well-reasoned license choice and to explain their rationale. It does not appear that we blindly accept anything that is simply GPLv2-compatible. Drivers appear to be the most acute source of misunderstanding, so fix the driver documentation first. Update it to clarify expectations. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <h.peter.anvin@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200814145625.8B708079@viggo.jf.intel.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-31deprecated.rst: Remove now removed uninitialized_varJoe Perches1-18/+0
It's now gone from the kernel so remove it from the deprecated API text. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5e10c1645dd8f735215cf54a74db0f8dd3f6cbd5.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-31Documentation: add minimum clang/llvm versionNick Desaulniers1-0/+15
Based on a vote at the LLVM BoF at Plumbers 2020, we decided to start small, supporting just one formal upstream release of LLVM for now. We can probably widen the support window of supported versions over time. Also, note that LLVM's release process is different than GCC's. GCC tends to have 1 major release per year while releasing minor updates to the past 3 major versions. LLVM tends to support one major release and one minor release every six months. Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Tested-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200826191555.3350406-1-ndesaulniers@google.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-31docs: process: Add cross-link to security-bugsKrzysztof Kozlowski1-1/+2
The submitting patches mentions criteria for a fix to be called "security fix". Add a link to document explaining the entire process of handling security bugs. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200827105319.9734-1-krzk@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-24docs: Fix function name trailing double-()sKees Cook1-1/+1
I noticed a double-() in the deprecated.rst rendering today. Fix that one and two others in the Documentation/ tree. Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> # For RCU Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200817233207.4083538-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-13Merge tag 'docs-5.9-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds1-1/+1
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of obvious fixes that wandered in during the merge window" * tag 'docs-5.9-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: Documentation/locking/locktypes: fix the typo doc/zh_CN: resolve undefined label warning in admin-guide index doc/zh_CN: fix title heading markup in admin-guide cpu-load docs: remove the 2.6 "Upgrading I2C Drivers" guide docs: Correct the release date of 5.2 stable mailmap: Update comments for with format and more detalis docs: cdrom: Fix a typo and rst markup Doc: admin-guide: use correct legends in kernel-parameters.txt Documentation/features: refresh RISC-V arch support files documentation: coccinelle: Improve command example for make C={1,2} Core-api: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage Dev-tools: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage Filesystems: Documentation: Replace deprecated :c:func: Usage docs: trace: fix a typo
2020-08-11docs: Correct the release date of 5.2 stableBilly Wilson1-1/+1
A table lists the 5.2 stable release date as September 15, but it was released on July 7. This may confuse a reader who is trying to understand the stable update release cycle. Signed-off-by: Billy Wilson <billy_wilson@byu.edu> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200806231754.7735-1-billy_wilson@byu.edu Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-08-04Merge tag 'docs-5.9' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds14-310/+168
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It's been a busy cycle for documentation - hopefully the busiest for a while to come. Changes include: - Some new Chinese translations - Progress on the battle against double words words and non-HTTPS URLs - Some block-mq documentation - More RST conversions from Mauro. At this point, that task is essentially complete, so we shouldn't see this kind of churn again for a while. Unless we decide to switch to asciidoc or something...:) - Lots of typo fixes, warning fixes, and more" * tag 'docs-5.9' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (195 commits) scripts/kernel-doc: optionally treat warnings as errors docs: ia64: correct typo mailmap: add entry for <alobakin@marvell.com> doc/zh_CN: add cpu-load Chinese version Documentation/admin-guide: tainted-kernels: fix spelling mistake MAINTAINERS: adjust kprobes.rst entry to new location devices.txt: document rfkill allocation PCI: correct flag name docs: filesystems: vfs: correct flag name docs: filesystems: vfs: correct sync_mode flag names docs: path-lookup: markup fixes for emphasis docs: path-lookup: more markup fixes docs: path-lookup: fix HTML entity mojibake CREDITS: Replace HTTP links with HTTPS ones docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tag doc/zh_CN: add Chinese translation prefer section doc/zh_CN: add clearing-warn-once Chinese version doc/zh_CN: add admin-guide index doc:it_IT: process: coding-style.rst: Correct __maybe_unused compiler label futex: MAINTAINERS: Re-add selftests directory ...
2020-08-04Merge tag 'uninit-macro-v5.9-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+18
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux Pull uninitialized_var() macro removal from Kees Cook: "This is long overdue, and has hidden too many bugs over the years. The series has several "by hand" fixes, and then a trivial treewide replacement. - Clean up non-trivial uses of uninitialized_var() - Update documentation and checkpatch for uninitialized_var() removal - Treewide removal of uninitialized_var()" * tag 'uninit-macro-v5.9-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux: compiler: Remove uninitialized_var() macro treewide: Remove uninitialized_var() usage checkpatch: Remove awareness of uninitialized_var() macro mm/debug_vm_pgtable: Remove uninitialized_var() usage f2fs: Eliminate usage of uninitialized_var() macro media: sur40: Remove uninitialized_var() usage KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Remove uninitialized_var() usage clk: spear: Remove uninitialized_var() usage clk: st: Remove uninitialized_var() usage spi: davinci: Remove uninitialized_var() usage ide: Remove uninitialized_var() usage rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove uninitialized_var() usage b43: Remove uninitialized_var() usage drbd: Remove uninitialized_var() usage x86/mm/numa: Remove uninitialized_var() usage docs: deprecated.rst: Add uninitialized_var()
2020-07-23docs: process: Add an example for creating a fixes tagTom Rix1-0/+5
To make it a little clearer how to create a fixes tag, add an example based on the preceeding gitconfig setup. Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200710200115.21176-1-trix@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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