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2021-10-28docs: submitting-patches: make section about the Link: tag more explicitThorsten Leemhuis1-11/+22
Mention the 'Link' tag in the section about adding URLs to the commit msg, to make it clearer they "_primarily_ [...] should be about background", as Linus recently stated (see the link below). That makes the explanation also easier to find with a text search. For the same reason and to improve comprehensibility provide an example, too. Slightly improve the text at the same time to make it more obvious developers are meant to add links to issue reports in mailing list archives, as those allow regression tracking efforts to automatically check which bugs got resolved. Move the section also downwards slightly, to reduce jumping back and forth between aspects relevant for the top and the bottom part of the commit msg. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgBhyLhQLPem1vybKNt7BKP+=qF=veBgc7VirZaXn4FUw@mail.gmail.com/ CC: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/27105768dc19b395e7c8e7a80d056d1ff9c570d0.1635152553.git.linux@leemhuis.info [jc: tweaked wording following Konstantin's recommendation] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-26docs: deprecated.rst: Clarify open-coded arithmetic with literalsLen Baker1-2/+3
Although using literals for size calculation in allocator arguments may be harmless due to compiler warnings in case of overflows, it is better to refactor the code to avoid the use of open-coded arithmetic. So, clarify the preferred way in these cases. Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com> Reviewed-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210925143455.21221-1-len.baker@gmx.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-26coding-style.rst: trivial: fix location of driver model macrosTrevor Woerner1-1/+1
The dev_printk()-like functions moved to include/linux/dev_print.h in commit af628aae8640 ("device.h: move dev_printk()-like functions to dev_printk.h"). Signed-off-by: Trevor Woerner <twoerner@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210423184012.39300-1-twoerner@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-12docs: use the lore redirector everywhereThorsten Leemhuis2-4/+4
Change all links from using the lkml redirector to the lore redirector, as the kernel.org admin recently indicated: we shouldn't be using lkml.kernel.org anymore because the domain can create confusion, as it indicates it is only valid for messages sent to the LKML; the convention has been to use https://lore.kernel.org/r/msgid for this reason. In this process also change three links from using http to https. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211006170025.qw3glxvocczfuhar@meerkat.local CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> CC: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> CC: Hu Haowen <src.res@email.cn> CC: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org> CC: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5bb55bac6ba10fafab19bf2b21572dd0e2f8cea2.1633593385.git.linux@leemhuis.info Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-12docs: update file link locationTommaso Merciai1-1/+1
Fix web error: this site can't be reached Signed-off-by: Tommaso Merciai <tomm.merciai@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211003220706.7784-1-tomm.merciai@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-12docs: Explain the desired position of function attributesKees Cook1-1/+36
While discussing how to format the addition of various function attributes, some "unwritten rules" of ordering surfaced[1]. Capture as close as possible to Linus's preferences for future reference. (Though I note the dissent voiced by Joe Perches, Alexey Dobriyan, and others that would prefer all attributes live on a separate leading line.) [1] https://lore.kernel.org/mm-commits/CAHk-=wiOCLRny5aifWNhr621kYrJwhfURsa0vFPeUEm8mF0ufg@mail.gmail.com/ Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211005152611.4120605-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-10-05Merge tag 'v5.15-rc4' into docs-nextJonathan Corbet1-1/+1
This is needed to get a docs fix that entered via the DRM tree; testers have requested it so that PDF builds in docs-next work again.
2021-09-14Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbookThomas Gleixner3-0/+790
Add a document to the subsystem/maintainer handbook section, which explains what the tip tree is, how it operates and what rules and expectations it has. [ bp: - Add a SPDX identifier, work in most comments from the thread. - 9bf19b78a203 ("Documentation/submitting-patches: Document the SoB chain") is also in the main Documentation but I'm leaving the paragraph here because it has the proper structure - text talks about SoBs and referencing somewhere else would interrupt the flow. - Move backtraces in changelogs to main submitting-patches.rst. - "Patch version information" is explained to a great detail in submitting-patches.rst too. - Hyperlink resend reminders section. ] Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171149.165693799@linutronix.de Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210913153942.15251-3-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-09-14Documentation/process: Add maintainer handbooks sectionThomas Gleixner3-0/+21
General rules for patch submission, coding style and related details are available, but most subsystems have their subsystem-specific extra rules which differ or go beyond the common rules. Mark suggested to add a subsystem/maintainer handbook section, where subsystem maintainers can explain their specific quirks. Add the section and link to it from the submitting-patches document. [ bp: Add a SPDX identifier. ] Suggested-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171149.074948887@linutronix.de Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210913153942.15251-2-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-09-13Merge branch 'gcc-min-version-5.1' (make gcc-5.1 the minimum version)Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
Merge patch series from Nick Desaulniers to update the minimum gcc version to 5.1. This is some of the left-overs from the merge window that I didn't want to deal with yesterday, so it comes in after -rc1 but was sent before. Gcc-4.9 support has been an annoyance for some time, and with -Werror I had the choice of applying a fairly big patch from Kees Cook to remove a fair number of initializer warnings (still leaving some), or this patch series from Nick that just removes the source of the problem. The initializer cleanups might still be worth it regardless, but honestly, I preferred just tackling the problem with gcc-4.9 head-on. We've been more aggressiuve about no longer having to care about compilers that were released a long time ago, and I think it's been a good thing. I added a couple of patches on top to sort out a few left-overs now that we no longer support gcc-4.x. As noted by Arnd, as a result of this minimum compiler version upgrade we can probably change our use of '--std=gnu89' to '--std=gnu11', and finally start using local loop declarations etc. But this series does _not_ yet do that. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210909182525.372ee687@canb.auug.org.au/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNASs6dvU6D3jL2GG3jW58fXfaj6VNOe55NJnTB8UPuk2pA@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1438 * emailed patches from Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>: Drop some straggling mentions of gcc-4.9 as being stale compiler_attributes.h: drop __has_attribute() support for gcc4 vmlinux.lds.h: remove old check for GCC 4.9 compiler-gcc.h: drop checks for older GCC versions Makefile: drop GCC < 5 -fno-var-tracking-assignments workaround arm64: remove GCC version check for ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 powerpc: remove GCC version check for UPD_CONSTR riscv: remove Kconfig check for GCC version for ARCH_RV64I Kconfig.debug: drop GCC 5+ version check for DWARF5 mm/ksm: remove old GCC 4.9+ check compiler.h: drop fallback overflow checkers Documentation: raise minimum supported version of GCC to 5.1
2021-09-13Documentation: raise minimum supported version of GCC to 5.1Nick Desaulniers1-1/+1
commit fad7cd3310db ("nbd: add the check to prevent overflow in __nbd_ioctl()") raised an issue from the fallback helpers added in commit f0907827a8a9 ("compiler.h: enable builtin overflow checkers and add fallback code") Specifically, the helpers for checking whether the results of a multiplication overflowed (__unsigned_mul_overflow, __signed_add_overflow) use the division operator when !COMPILER_HAS_GENERIC_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW. This is problematic for 64b operands on 32b hosts. Also, because the macro is type agnostic, it is very difficult to write a similarly type generic macro that dispatches to one of: * div64_s64 * div64_u64 * div_s64 * div_u64 Raising the minimum supported versions allows us to remove all of the fallback helpers for !COMPILER_HAS_GENERIC_BUILTIN_OVERFLOW, instead dispatching the compiler builtins. arm64 has already raised the minimum supported GCC version to 5.1, do this for all targets now. See the link below for the previous discussion. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210909182525.372ee687@canb.auug.org.au/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNASs6dvU6D3jL2GG3jW58fXfaj6VNOe55NJnTB8UPuk2pA@mail.gmail.com/ Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1438 Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2021-08-24Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide: Replace broken link to PGP path ↵SeongJae Park1-9/+5
finder PGP pathfinder[1], which is suggested for finding a trust path to unknown PGP keys by 'maintainer-pgp-guide.rst', is not working now. This commit replaces it with other available tools. [1] https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/ Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de> Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210812095030.4704-2-sj38.park@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-08-21Documentation: Update details of The Linux Kernel Module Programming GuideChun-Hung Tseng1-6/+8
Recently, the content and examples of the book "The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide" are being actively maintained and added on Github[1]. Currently, the book is being regularly built into webpage and pdf file using Github static page[2]. [1]: https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg [2]: https://sysprog21.github.io/lkmpg/ Signed-off-by: Chun-Hung Tseng <henrybear327@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210820222152.971174-1-henrybear327@gmail.com [jc: fixed docs-build warnings] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-08-20Documentation/process/applying-patches: Activate linux-next man hyperlinkSeongJae Park1-1/+1
There is a url for linux-next in the 'applying-patches.rst', but it's surrounded by backquotes. So the url doesn't have a hyperlink in the built document. To let readers easily move to the page, this commit puts the url outside of the backquotes so that a hyperlink to the url can be automatically made. Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@amazon.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210812095030.4704-1-sj38.park@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-07-25docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of LKMLHannu Hartikainen1-5/+5
The documentation previously stated that LKML should be used as *last resort*. However, scripts/get_maintainer.pl always suggests it and in a discussion about changing that[0] it turned out that LKML should in fact receive all patches. Update documentation to make it clear that all patches should be sent to LKML by default, in addition to any subsystem-specific lists. [0]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/19a701a8d5837088aa7d8ba594c228c0e040e747.camel@perches.com/ Signed-off-by: Hannu Hartikainen <hannu@hrtk.in> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210707133634.286840-1-hannu@hrtk.in Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-07-25deprecated.rst: Include details on "no_hash_pointers"Kees Cook1-1/+3
Linus decided a debug toggle for %p was tolerable, so update the %p deprecation documentation. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723200526.3424128-1-keescook@chromium.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-06-17docs: process: submitting-patches.rst: avoid using ReST :doc:`foo` markupMauro Carvalho Chehab1-17/+15
The :doc:`foo` tag is auto-generated via automarkup.py. So, use the filename at the sources, instead of :doc:`foo`. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d172ab629c3e32c8d27ed4b9d2a209933e2a7178.1623824363.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-05-11Documentation: drop optional BOMsRandy Dunlap1-1/+1
A few of the Documentation .rst files begin with a Unicode byte order mark (BOM). The BOM may signify endianess for 16-bit or 32-bit encodings or indicate that the text stream is indeed Unicode. We don't need it for either of those uses. It may also interfere with (confuse) some software. Since we don't need it and its use is optional, just delete the uses of it in Documentation/. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210506231907.14359-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-05-06Merge tag 'docs-5.13-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds1-1/+0
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A few late-arriving documentation fixes, including some oprofile cleanup, a kernel-doc fix, some regression-reporting updates, and the usual minor fixes" * tag 'docs-5.13-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: Enlisted oprofile version line removed oprofiled version output line removed from the list Removed the oprofiled version option docs: reporting-issues.rst: CC subsystem and maintainers on regressions docs: correct URL to bios and kernel developer's guide docs/core-api: Consistent code style docs/zh_CN: Adjust order and content of zh_CN/index.rst Documentation: input: joydev file corrections docs: Fix typo in Documentation/x86/x86_64/5level-paging.rst kernel-doc: Add support for __deprecated
2021-05-04oprofiled version output line removed from the listBhaskar Chowdhury1-1/+0
Oprofiled version output line removed from the list. Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/8d1928ff2fea29d67143d235839a5e845e4402c9.1619181632.git.unixbhaskar@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-04-26Merge tag 'docs-5.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds1-34/+67
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "It's been a relatively busy cycle in docsland, though more than usually well contained to Documentation/ itself. Highlights include: - The Chinese translators have been busy and show no signs of stopping anytime soon. Italian has also caught up. - Aditya Srivastava has been working on improvements to the kernel-doc script. - Thorsten continues his work on reporting-issues.rst and related documentation around regression reporting. - Lots of documentation updates, typo fixes, etc. as usual" * tag 'docs-5.13' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (139 commits) docs/zh_CN: add openrisc translation to zh_CN index docs/zh_CN: add openrisc index.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add openrisc todo.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add openrisc openrisc_port.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core api translation to zh_CN index docs/zh_CN: add core-api index.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core-api irq index.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core-api irq irqflags-tracing.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core-api irq irq-domain.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core-api irq irq-affinity.rst translation docs/zh_CN: add core-api irq concepts.rst translation docs: sphinx-pre-install: don't barf on beta Sphinx releases scripts: kernel-doc: improve parsing for kernel-doc comments syntax docs/zh_CN: two minor fixes in zh_CN/doc-guide/ Documentation: dev-tools: Add Testing Overview docs/zh_CN: add translations in zh_CN/dev-tools/gcov docs: reporting-issues: make people CC the regressions list MAINTAINERS: add regressions mailing list doc:it_IT: align Italian documentation docs/zh_CN: sync reporting-issues.rst ...
2021-04-14Documentation/submitting-patches: Document RESEND tag on patchesBorislav Petkov1-0/+10
Explain when a submitter should tag a patch or a patch series with the "RESEND" tag. This has been partially 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>
2021-03-15Merge 5.12-rc3 into tty-nextGreg Kroah-Hartman2-11/+0
Resolves a merge issue with: drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c and we want the tty/serial fixes from 5.12-rc3 in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-10tty: remove TTY_LDISC_MAGICJiri Slaby1-1/+0
First, it is never checked. Second, use of it as a debugging aid is at least questionable. With the current tools, I don't think anyone used this kind of thing for debugging purposes for years. On the top of that, e.g. serdev does not set this field of tty_ldisc_ops at all. So get rid of this legacy. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302062214.29627-8-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-10tty: rocket, remove the driverJiri Slaby1-1/+0
While the driver is still marked as maintained in MAINTAINERS, Comtrol does not really care about this ancient driver. They are still manufacturing serial devices, but those are controlled only by out-of-tree drivers. Comtrol didn't answer my pings, so this driver is apparently unmaintained. Aside from that, the driver was untouched for years, only whole-tree changes happened during the past years. The driver needs much more care, so drop it for now. If someone steps up to reintroduce it, they need to clean it up first. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302062214.29627-7-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-10tty: isicom, remove this orphanJiri Slaby1-1/+0
The Isicom driver was orphaned by commit d86b3001a1a6 (MAINTAINERS: orphan isicom) 10 years ago. Noone stepped up to take care of them and to fix all the issues the driver has. So it's time to drop the driver with all its traces. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302062214.29627-6-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-10tty: cyclades, remove this orphanJiri Slaby1-1/+0
The Cyclades driver was orphaned by commit d459883e6c54 (MAINTAINERS: remove two dead e-mail) 13 years ago. Noone stepped up to take care of them and to fix all the issues the driver has. On the top of that, there is no way to obtain the firmware for Z cards from the vendor as cyclades.com ceased to exist. So it's time to drop the driver with all its traces. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210302062214.29627-5-jslaby@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2021-03-10Merge git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/netLinus Torvalds2-11/+0
Pull networking fixes from David Miller: 1) Fix transmissions in dynamic SMPS mode in ath9k, from Felix Fietkau. 2) TX skb error handling fix in mt76 driver, also from Felix. 3) Fix BPF_FETCH atomic in x86 JIT, from Brendan Jackman. 4) Avoid double free of percpu pointers when freeing a cloned bpf prog. From Cong Wang. 5) Use correct printf format for dma_addr_t in ath11k, from Geert Uytterhoeven. 6) Fix resolve_btfids build with older toolchains, from Kun-Chuan Hsieh. 7) Don't report truncated frames to mac80211 in mt76 driver, from Lorenzop Bianconi. 8) Fix watcdog timeout on suspend/resume of stmmac, from Joakim Zhang. 9) mscc ocelot needs NET_DEVLINK selct in Kconfig, from Arnd Bergmann. 10) Fix sign comparison bug in TCP_ZEROCOPY_RECEIVE getsockopt(), from Arjun Roy. 11) Ignore routes with deleted nexthop object in mlxsw, from Ido Schimmel. 12) Need to undo tcp early demux lookup sometimes in nf_nat, from Florian Westphal. 13) Fix gro aggregation for udp encaps with zero csum, from Daniel Borkmann. 14) Make sure to always use imp*_ndo_send when necessaey, from Jason A. Donenfeld. 15) Fix TRSCER masks in sh_eth driver from Sergey Shtylyov. 16) prevent overly huge skb allocationsd in qrtr, from Pavel Skripkin. 17) Prevent rx ring copnsumer index loss of sync in enetc, from Vladimir Oltean. 18) Make sure textsearch copntrol block is large enough, from Wilem de Bruijn. 19) Revert MAC changes to r8152 leading to instability, from Hates Wang. 20) Advance iov in 9p even for empty reads, from Jissheng Zhang. 21) Double hook unregister in nftables, from PabloNeira Ayuso. 22) Fix memleak in ixgbe, fropm Dinghao Liu. 23) Avoid dups in pkt scheduler class dumps, from Maximilian Heyne. 24) Various mptcp fixes from Florian Westphal, Paolo Abeni, and Geliang Tang. 25) Fix DOI refcount bugs in cipso, from Paul Moore. 26) One too many irqsave in ibmvnic, from Junlin Yang. 27) Fix infinite loop with MPLS gso segmenting via virtio_net, from Balazs Nemeth. * git://git.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (164 commits) s390/qeth: fix notification for pending buffers during teardown s390/qeth: schedule TX NAPI on QAOB completion s390/qeth: improve completion of pending TX buffers s390/qeth: fix memory leak after failed TX Buffer allocation net: avoid infinite loop in mpls_gso_segment when mpls_hlen == 0 net: check if protocol extracted by virtio_net_hdr_set_proto is correct net: dsa: xrs700x: check if partner is same as port in hsr join net: lapbether: Remove netif_start_queue / netif_stop_queue atm: idt77252: fix null-ptr-dereference atm: uPD98402: fix incorrect allocation atm: fix a typo in the struct description net: qrtr: fix error return code of qrtr_sendmsg() mptcp: fix length of ADD_ADDR with port sub-option net: bonding: fix error return code of bond_neigh_init() net: enetc: allow hardware timestamping on TX queues with tc-etf enabled net: enetc: set MAC RX FIFO to recommended value net: davicom: Use platform_get_irq_optional() net: davicom: Fix regulator not turned off on driver removal net: davicom: Fix regulator not turned off on failed probe net: dsa: fix switchdev objects on bridge master mistakenly being applied on ports ...
2021-03-07Documentation/submitting-patches: Extend commit message layout descriptionBorislav Petkov1-34/+57
Add more blurb about the level of detail that should be contained in a patch's commit message. Extend and make more explicit what text should be added under the --- line. Extend examples and split into more easily palatable paragraphs. This has been partially 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> Reviewed-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@amd.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210215141949.GB21734@zn.tnic [jc: Tweaked "example subjects" wording] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2021-03-03docs: networking: drop special stable handlingJakub Kicinski2-11/+0
Leave it to Greg. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2021-02-27Merge tag 'docs-5.12-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linuxLinus Torvalds2-2/+2
Pull documentation fixes from Jonathan Corbet: "A handful of late-arriving documentation fixes, nothing all that notable" * tag 'docs-5.12-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: docs: proc.rst: fix indentation warning Documentation: cgroup-v2: fix path to example BPF program docs: powerpc: Fix tables in syscall64-abi.rst Documentation: features: refresh feature list Documentation: features: remove c6x references docs: ABI: testing: ima_policy: Fixed missing bracket Fix unaesthetic indentation scripts: kernel-doc: fix array element capture in pointer-to-func parsing doc: use KCFLAGS instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS to pass flags from command line Documentation: proc.rst: add more about the 6 fields in loadavg
2021-02-22doc: use KCFLAGS instead of EXTRA_CFLAGS to pass flags from command lineMasahiro Yamada2-2/+2
You should use KCFLAGS to pass additional compiler flags from the command line. Using EXTRA_CFLAGS is wrong. EXTRA_CFLAGS is supposed to specify flags applied only to the current Makefile (and now deprecated in favor of ccflags-y). It is still used in arch/mips/kvm/Makefile (and possibly in external modules too). Passing EXTRA_CFLAGS from the command line overwrites it and breaks the build. I also fixed drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc/Makefile because commit 816175dd1fd7 ("drivers/gpu/drm/tilcdc: Makefile, only -Werror when no -W* in EXTRA_CFLAGS") was based on the same misunderstanding. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@linux.alibaba.com> Acked-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210221152524.197693-1-masahiroy@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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>
2021-02-05docs: 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>
2021-02-05coding-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>
2021-02-05Documentation/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>
2021-01-23scsi: 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>
2021-01-08docs: 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>
2020-12-25Merge 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>
2020-12-16Merge 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 ...
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