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Author SHA1 Message Date
Bjorn Helgaas
179fd6ba3b Documentation/sparse: add hints about __CHECKER__
Several attributes depend on __CHECKER__, but previously there was no
clue in the tree about when __CHECKER__ might be defined.  Add hints at
the most common places (__kernel, __user, __iomem, __bitwise) and in the
sparse documentation.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220310220927.245704-3-helgaas@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2022-03-23 19:00:33 -07:00
Luc Van Oostenryck
1cb3863af6 doc: add link to sparse's home page/internal docs
Sparse's home page used to be a wiki (sparse.wiki.kernel.org)
but this wiki only contained a short intro and the release notes.
But nowadays, sparse's main page is sparse.docs.kernel.org,
which contains all what was in the wiki but also other documentation,
mainly oriented about sparse's internals.

So, add a link to this in the kernel documentation.

Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200629161310.89783-1-luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-07-05 14:32:56 -06:00
Luc Van Oostenryck
48d4b96c08 doc: update URL for sparse's tarballs
The URL given to get sparse's tarballs is sparse.wiki.kernel.org
but the wiki will is deprecated in favor of sparse.docs.kernel.org.

So, update this URL to the one where the tarballs can directly
be found.

Signed-off-by: Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200621153330.54480-1-luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2020-06-26 11:22:56 -06:00
Dave Jones
40ef768ab6 Remove references to dead website.
This fell into disrepair a while ago, and the majority of hits to the
snapshots were from bots, so it's more trouble to keep running than it's worth.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-07-19 12:22:04 -07:00
Eric Engestrom
3b7ea9f015 Documentation/sparse: fix typo
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-03-21 09:17:56 -06:00
Paul E. McKenney
41a2901e7d rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option
The sparse-based checking for non-RCU accesses to RCU-protected pointers
has been around for a very long time, and it is now the only type of
sparse-based checking that is optional.  This commit therefore makes
it unconditional.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
2017-06-08 18:52:41 -07:00
Matthew Wilcox
291b9d7368 Improve sparse documentation
Add documentation of -DCONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER.
I started to add documentation of -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__ as well, but
discovered I'm too late; that's now enabled by default.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2017-02-15 15:09:13 -07:00
Michael S. Tsirkin
dc67a9f70c Documentation/sparse: drop __CHECK_ENDIAN__
It's no longer used.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2016-12-16 00:13:41 +02:00
Michael S. Tsirkin
9536099a8e Documentation/sparse: drop __bitwise__
We dropped __CHECK_ENDIAN__ so __bitwise__ is now an implementation
detail. People should use __bitwise everywhere.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
2016-12-16 00:13:40 +02:00
Jonathan Corbet
d228af5bcb docs: sphinxify sparse.txt and move to dev-tools
Fold the sparse document into the development tools set; no changes to the
text itself beyond formatting.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2016-08-18 17:39:24 -06:00