linux/Documentation
Linus Torvalds e468f5c06b The Compiler Attributes series
This is an effort to disentangle the include/linux/compiler*.h headers
 and bring them up to date.
 
 The main idea behind the series is to use feature checking macros
 (i.e. __has_attribute) instead of compiler version checks (e.g. GCC_VERSION),
 which are compiler-agnostic (so they can be shared, reducing the size
 of compiler-specific headers) and version-agnostic.
 
 Other related improvements have been performed in the headers as well,
 which on top of the use of __has_attribute it has amounted to a significant
 simplification of these headers (e.g. GCC_VERSION is now only guarding
 a few non-attribute macros).
 
 This series should also help the efforts to support compiling the kernel
 with clang and icc. A fair amount of documentation and comments have also
 been added, clarified or removed; and the headers are now more readable,
 which should help kernel developers in general.
 
 The series was triggered due to the move to gcc >= 4.6. In turn, this series
 has also triggered Sparse to gain the ability to recognize __has_attribute
 on its own.
 
 Finally, the __nonstring variable attribute series has been also applied
 on top; plus two related patches from Nick Desaulniers for unreachable()
 that came a bit afterwards.
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Merge tag 'compiler-attributes-for-linus-4.20-rc1' of https://github.com/ojeda/linux

Pull compiler attribute updates from Miguel Ojeda:
 "This is an effort to disentangle the include/linux/compiler*.h headers
  and bring them up to date.

  The main idea behind the series is to use feature checking macros
  (i.e. __has_attribute) instead of compiler version checks (e.g.
  GCC_VERSION), which are compiler-agnostic (so they can be shared,
  reducing the size of compiler-specific headers) and version-agnostic.

  Other related improvements have been performed in the headers as well,
  which on top of the use of __has_attribute it has amounted to a
  significant simplification of these headers (e.g. GCC_VERSION is now
  only guarding a few non-attribute macros).

  This series should also help the efforts to support compiling the
  kernel with clang and icc. A fair amount of documentation and comments
  have also been added, clarified or removed; and the headers are now
  more readable, which should help kernel developers in general.

  The series was triggered due to the move to gcc >= 4.6. In turn, this
  series has also triggered Sparse to gain the ability to recognize
  __has_attribute on its own.

  Finally, the __nonstring variable attribute series has been also
  applied on top; plus two related patches from Nick Desaulniers for
  unreachable() that came a bit afterwards"

* tag 'compiler-attributes-for-linus-4.20-rc1' of https://github.com/ojeda/linux:
  compiler-gcc: remove comment about gcc 4.5 from unreachable()
  compiler.h: update definition of unreachable()
  Compiler Attributes: ext4: remove local __nonstring definition
  Compiler Attributes: auxdisplay: panel: use __nonstring
  Compiler Attributes: enable -Wstringop-truncation on W=1 (gcc >= 8)
  Compiler Attributes: add support for __nonstring (gcc >= 8)
  Compiler Attributes: add MAINTAINERS entry
  Compiler Attributes: add Doc/process/programming-language.rst
  Compiler Attributes: remove uses of __attribute__ from compiler.h
  Compiler Attributes: KENTRY used twice the "used" attribute
  Compiler Attributes: use feature checks instead of version checks
  Compiler Attributes: add missing SPDX ID in compiler_types.h
  Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded sparse (__CHECKER__) tests
  Compiler Attributes: homogenize __must_be_array
  Compiler Attributes: remove unneeded tests
  Compiler Attributes: always use the extra-underscores syntax
  Compiler Attributes: remove unused attributes
2018-11-01 18:34:46 -07:00
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ABI platform-drivers-x86 for v4.20-1 2018-11-01 08:42:21 -07:00
accelerators ocxl: Document new OCXL IOCTLs 2018-06-03 20:40:33 +10:00
accounting psi: cgroup support 2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
acpi ACPI: property: graph: Update graph documentation to use generic references 2018-07-23 12:44:52 +02:00
admin-guide memory-hotplug.rst: add some details about locking internals 2018-10-31 08:54:17 -07:00
aoe
arm ARM: SoC device tree updates for 4.20 2018-10-29 15:05:20 -07:00
arm64 Documentation/arm64: HugeTLB page implementation 2018-10-10 18:08:36 +01:00
auxdisplay
backlight
block Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
blockdev This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next 2018-08-07 11:02:05 -07:00
bus-devices
cdrom Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
cgroup-v1 Merge branch 'for-4.20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2018-10-25 17:15:46 -07:00
cma
connector
console Documentation: corrections to console/console.txt 2018-08-10 16:09:40 -06:00
core-api docs/boot-time-mm: remove bootmem documentation 2018-10-31 08:54:16 -07:00
cpu-freq
cpuidle
crypto KEYS: Implement PKCS#8 RSA Private Key parser [ver #2] 2018-10-26 09:30:46 +01:00
dev-tools docs: dev-tools: coccinelle: Update documentation 2018-08-31 16:51:59 -06:00
device-mapper This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
devicetree Devicetree fixes for v4.20-rc1: 2018-11-01 14:45:38 -07:00
doc-guide Documentation/sphinx: allow "functions" with no parameters 2018-06-30 07:52:42 -06:00
driver-api Char/Misc driver patches for 4.20-rc1 2018-10-26 09:11:43 -07:00
driver-model dmaengine: add a new helper dmaenginem_async_device_register 2018-07-30 10:50:22 +05:30
early-userspace initramfs: move gen_initramfs_list.sh from scripts/ to usr/ 2018-08-22 23:21:44 +09:00
EDID
extcon
fault-injection
fb This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
features ARM: 8777/1: Hook up SYNC_CORE functionality for sys_membarrier() 2018-07-11 11:02:08 +01:00
filesystems overlayfs update for 4.20 2018-11-01 14:48:48 -07:00
firmware_class
fmc Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
fpga docs: fpga: add a document for FPGA Device Feature List (DFL) Framework Overview 2018-07-15 13:55:44 +02:00
gpio Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
gpu Merge branch 'drm-next-4.20' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~agd5f/linux into drm-next 2018-09-21 09:52:53 +10:00
hid
hwmon hwmon: (ina3221) Read channel input source info from DT 2018-10-10 20:37:13 -07:00
i2c i2c: refactor function to release a DMA safe buffer 2018-08-30 23:13:15 +02:00
ia64
ide Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
iio
infiniband
input Input: Add the REL_WHEEL_HI_RES event code 2018-09-05 10:12:07 +02:00
ioctl drm pull for 4.20-rc1 2018-10-28 17:49:53 -07:00
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kdump
kernel-hacking doc:it_IT: translation for kernel-hacking 2018-07-26 16:21:09 -06:00
laptops platform-drivers-x86 for v4.20-1 2018-11-01 08:42:21 -07:00
leds Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
lightnvm
livepatch
locking This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
m68k Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
maintainer docs: Fix more broken references 2018-06-15 18:11:26 -03:00
md
media media updates for v4.20-rc1 2018-10-31 10:53:29 -07:00
memory-devices
mic
mips Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
misc-devices pci_endpoint_test: Add 2 ioctl commands 2018-07-19 11:46:57 +01:00
mmc Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
mtd Documentation: mtd: remove stale pxa3xx NAND controller documentation 2018-09-04 23:37:38 +02:00
namespaces
netlabel Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
networking Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: Document tcp_fwmark_accept 2018-10-29 20:41:52 -07:00
nfc
nios2
nvdimm
nvmem Documentation: nvmem: document cell tables and lookup entries 2018-09-28 15:14:54 +02:00
openrisc
parisc Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
PCI pci-v4.20-changes 2018-10-25 06:50:48 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: remove long deprecated pcmcia_request_exclusive_irq() function 2018-08-18 12:30:42 -07:00
perf
phy
platform
power This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
powerpc Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
pps
process The Compiler Attributes series 2018-11-01 18:34:46 -07:00
pti
ptp
rapidio
RCU This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
riscv perf: riscv: Add Document for Future Porting Guide 2018-06-04 14:02:11 -07:00
s390 KVM updates for v4.20 2018-10-25 17:57:35 -07:00
scheduler This is a fairly typical cycle for documentation. There's some welcome 2018-10-24 18:01:11 +01:00
scsi SCSI misc on 20181024 2018-10-25 07:40:30 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next-keys2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2018-11-01 15:23:59 -07:00
serial TTY/Serial patches for 4.20-rc1 2018-10-29 10:42:20 -07:00
sh
sound ALSA: doc: Brush up the old writing-an-alsa-driver 2018-10-18 10:30:01 +02:00
sparc
sphinx Documentation/sphinx: allow "functions" with no parameters 2018-06-30 07:52:42 -06:00
sphinx-static docs: improve readability for people with poorer eyesight 2018-10-07 09:16:50 -06:00
spi Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
sysctl New gcc plugin: stackleak 2018-11-01 11:46:27 -07:00
target
thermal
timers Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
trace The biggest change here is the updates to kprobes 2018-10-30 09:49:56 -07:00
translations This was a moderately busy cycle for docs, with the usual collection of 2018-08-14 14:29:31 -07:00
usb USB-serial updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-07-20 21:47:15 +02:00
userspace-api audit/stable-4.18 PR 20180605 2018-06-06 16:34:00 -07:00
virtual KVM updates for v4.20 2018-10-25 17:57:35 -07:00
vm slub: extend slub debug to handle multiple slabs 2018-10-26 16:25:19 -07:00
w1 Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
watchdog documentation: watchdog: add documentation for armada-37xx-wdt 2018-10-13 15:19:40 +02:00
wimax
x86 New gcc plugin: stackleak 2018-11-01 11:46:27 -07:00
xilinx Documentation: xilinx: Add documentation for eemi APIs 2018-10-09 13:26:05 +02:00
xtensa
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cputopology.txt
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debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt
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irqflags-tracing.txt
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kobject.txt
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men-chameleon-bus.txt
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numastat.txt
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parport-lowlevel.txt
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pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt Documentation: preempt-locking: Use better example 2018-10-12 11:35:47 -06:00
pwm.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt rfkill: Fix several typos in documentation 2018-06-15 13:36:08 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt
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rpmsg.txt
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speculation.txt
static-keys.txt
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sync_file.txt
tee.txt
this_cpu_ops.txt
unaligned-memory-access.txt
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video-output.txt
xillybus.txt
xz.txt
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