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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 2 |
5 files changed, 24 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index d564362773b5..bccfa19b45df 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== Program Minimal version Command to check the version ====================== =============== ======================================== -GNU C 5.1 gcc --version +GNU C 8.1 gcc --version Clang/LLVM (optional) 13.0.1 clang --version Rust (optional) 1.78.0 rustc --version bindgen (optional) 0.65.1 bindgen --version GNU make 4.0 make --version bash 4.2 bash --version -binutils 2.25 ld -v +binutils 2.30 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version pahole 1.16 pahole --version @@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ util-linux 2.10o mount --version kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V jfsutils 1.1.3 fsck.jfs -V -reiserfsprogs 3.6.3 reiserfsck -V xfsprogs 2.6.0 xfs_db -V squashfs-tools 4.0 mksquashfs -version btrfs-progs 0.18 btrfs --version @@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ Bash 4.2 or newer is needed. Binutils -------- -Binutils 2.25 or newer is needed to build the kernel. +Binutils 2.30 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ---------- @@ -262,14 +261,6 @@ The following utilities are available: - other file system utilities are also available in this package. -Reiserfsprogs -------------- - -The reiserfsprogs package should be used for reiserfs-3.6.x -(Linux kernels 2.4.x). It is a combined package and contains working -versions of ``mkreiserfs``, ``resize_reiserfs``, ``debugreiserfs`` and -``reiserfsck``. These utils work on both i386 and alpha platforms. - Xfsprogs -------- @@ -493,11 +484,6 @@ JFSutils - <https://jfs.sourceforge.net/> -Reiserfsprogs -------------- - -- <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeffm/reiserfsprogs.git/> - Xfsprogs -------- diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 19d2ed47ff79..d1a8e5465ed9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ it. When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format. See the files at :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/ <doc_guide>` and -``scripts/kernel-doc`` for details. +``scripts/kernel-doc`` for details. Note that the danger of over-commenting +applies to kernel-doc comments all the same. Do not add boilerplate +kernel-doc which simply reiterates what's obvious from the signature +of the function. The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: diff --git a/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst b/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst index 895285c037c7..9475c759c722 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst @@ -127,35 +127,31 @@ Examples of using the Linux-provided gdb helpers - Make use of the per-cpu function for the current or a specified CPU:: - (gdb) p $lx_per_cpu("runqueues").nr_running + (gdb) p $lx_per_cpu(runqueues).nr_running $3 = 1 - (gdb) p $lx_per_cpu("runqueues", 2).nr_running + (gdb) p $lx_per_cpu(runqueues, 2).nr_running $4 = 0 - Dig into hrtimers using the container_of helper:: - (gdb) set $next = $lx_per_cpu("hrtimer_bases").clock_base[0].active.next - (gdb) p *$container_of($next, "struct hrtimer", "node") + (gdb) set $leftmost = $lx_per_cpu(hrtimer_bases).clock_base[0].active.rb_root.rb_leftmost + (gdb) p *$container_of($leftmost, "struct hrtimer", "node") $5 = { node = { node = { - __rb_parent_color = 18446612133355256072, - rb_right = 0x0 <irq_stack_union>, - rb_left = 0x0 <irq_stack_union> + __rb_parent_color = 18446612686384860673, + rb_right = 0xffff888231da8b00, + rb_left = 0x0 }, - expires = { - tv64 = 1835268000000 - } + expires = 1228461000000 }, - _softexpires = { - tv64 = 1835268000000 - }, - function = 0xffffffff81078232 <tick_sched_timer>, - base = 0xffff88003fd0d6f0, - state = 1, - start_pid = 0, - start_site = 0xffffffff81055c1f <hrtimer_start_range_ns+20>, - start_comm = "swapper/2\000\000\000\000\000\000" + _softexpires = 1228461000000, + function = 0xffffffff8137ab20 <tick_nohz_handler>, + base = 0xffff888231d9b4c0, + state = 1 '\001', + is_rel = 0 '\000', + is_soft = 0 '\000', + is_hard = 1 '\001' } diff --git a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst index da6bf0f6d01e..34e00848e0da 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst @@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ an involved disclosed party. The current ambassadors list: AMD Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Ampere Darren Hart <darren@os.amperecomputing.com> ARM Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> + IBM Power Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> IBM Z Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Intel Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Qualcomm Trilok Soni <quic_tsoni@quicinc.com> diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 1ac62dc3a66f..e1755610b4bc 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Posting as one thread is discouraged because it confuses patchwork (as of patchwork 2.2.2). Co-posting selftests --------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selftests should be part of the same series as the code changes. Specifically for fixes both code change and related test should go into |