kernel/linux.git/include/linux/compiler.h, branch v3.8-rc4

Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux

2012-12-19T15:55:08+00:00

Pull module update from Rusty Russell: "Nothing all that exciting; a new module-from-fd syscall for those who want to verify the source of the module (ChromeOS) and/or use standard IMA on it or other security hooks." * tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: MODSIGN: Fix kbuild output when using default extra_certificates MODSIGN: Avoid using .incbin in C source modules: don't hand 0 to vmalloc. module: Remove a extra null character at the top of module->strtab. ASN.1: Use the ASN1_LONG_TAG and ASN1_INDEFINITE_LENGTH constants ASN.1: Define indefinite length marker constant moduleparam: use __UNIQUE_ID() __UNIQUE_ID() MODSIGN: Add modules_sign make target powerpc: add finit_module syscall. ima: support new kernel module syscall add finit_module syscall to asm-generic ARM: add finit_module syscall to ARM security: introduce kernel_module_from_file hook module: add flags arg to sys_finit_module() module: add syscall to load module from fd

linux/compiler.h: add __must_hold macro for functions called with a lock held

2012-12-18T01:15:23+00:00

linux/compiler.h has macros to denote functions that acquire or release locks, but not to denote functions called with a lock held that return with the lock still held. Add a __must_hold macro to cover that case. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Reported-by: Ed Cashin Tested-by: Ed Cashin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

__UNIQUE_ID()

2012-12-14T02:35:30+00:00

Jan Beulich points out __COUNTER__ (gcc 4.3 and above), so let's use that to create unique ids. This is better than __LINE__ which we use today, so provide a wrapper. Stanislaw Gruszka reported that some module parameters start with a digit, so we need to prepend when we for the unique id. Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Acked-by: Jan Beulich

compiler.h: add __visible

2012-09-17T22:00:38+00:00

gcc 4.6+ has support for a externally_visible attribute that prevents the optimizer from optimizing unused symbols away. Add a __visible macro to use it with that compiler version or later. This is used (at least) by the "Link Time Optimization" patchset. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

compiler.h: Fix typo

2012-02-28T15:02:54+00:00

Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

kernel.h: add BUILD_BUG() macro

2012-01-11T00:30:42+00:00

We can place this in definitions that we expect the compiler to remove by dead code elimination. If this assertion fails, we get a nice error message at build time. The GCC function attribute error("message") was added in version 4.3, so we define a new macro __linktime_error(message) to expand to this for GCC-4.3 and later. This will give us an error diagnostic from the compiler on the line that fails. For other compilers __linktime_error(message) expands to nothing, and we have to be content with a link time error, but at least we will still get a build error. BUILD_BUG() expands to the undefined function __build_bug_failed() and will fail at link time if the compiler ever emits code for it. On GCC-4.3 and later, attribute((error())) is used so that the failure will be noted at compile time instead. Signed-off-by: David Daney Acked-by: David Rientjes Cc: DM Cc: Ralf Baechle Acked-by: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

rcu: define __rcu address space modifier for sparse

2010-08-20T00:17:59+00:00

This commit provides definitions for the __rcu annotation defined earlier. This annotation permits sparse to check for correct use of RCU-protected pointers. If a pointer that is annotated with __rcu is accessed directly (as opposed to via rcu_dereference(), rcu_assign_pointer(), or one of their variants), sparse can be made to complain. To enable such complaints, use the new default-disabled CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER kernel configuration option. Please note that these sparse complaints are intended to be a debugging aid, -not- a code-style-enforcement mechanism. There are special rcu_dereference_protected() and rcu_access_pointer() accessors for use when RCU read-side protection is not required, for example, when no other CPU has access to the data structure in question or while the current CPU hold the update-side lock. This patch also updates a number of docbook comments that were showing their age. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Christopher Li Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

rcu: add __rcu API for later sparse checking

2010-06-14T23:37:26+00:00

This commit defines an __rcu API, but provides only vacuous definitions for it. This breaks dependencies among most of the subsequent patches, allowing them to reach mainline asynchronously via whatever trees are appropriate. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Cc: Christopher Li Cc: Josh Triplett

Merge branch 'master' into percpu

2010-01-05T00:17:33+00:00

Conflicts: arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hvCall.S include/linux/percpu.h

Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2009-12-05T23:32:03+00:00

* 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: include/linux/compiler-gcc4.h: Fix build bug - gcc-4.0.2 doesn't understand __builtin_object_size x86/alternatives: No need for alternatives-asm.h to re-invent stuff already in asm.h x86/alternatives: Check replacementlen <= instrlen at build time x86, 64-bit: Set data segments to null after switching to 64-bit mode x86: Clean up the loadsegment() macro x86: Optimize loadsegment() x86: Add missing might_fault() checks to copy_{to,from}_user() x86-64: __copy_from_user_inatomic() adjustments x86: Remove unused thread_return label from switch_to() x86, 64-bit: Fix bstep_iret jump x86: Don't use the strict copy checks when branch profiling is in use x86, 64-bit: Move K8 B step iret fixup to fault entry asm x86: Generate cmpxchg build failures x86: Add a Kconfig option to turn the copy_from_user warnings into errors x86: Turn the copy_from_user check into an (optional) compile time warning x86: Use __builtin_memset and __builtin_memcpy for memset/memcpy x86: Use __builtin_object_size() to validate the buffer size for copy_from_user()