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2012-12-17Documentation/sparse.txt: document context annotations for lock checkingEd Cashin
The context feature of sparse is used with the Linux kernel sources to check for imbalanced uses of locks. Document the annotations defined in include/linux/compiler.h that tell sparse what to expect when a lock is held on function entry, exit, or both. Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Acked-by: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-07-19update email addressPavel Machek
pavel@suse.cz no longer works, replace it with working address. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-04-27doc: Change urls for sparseBill Pemberton
The location of the sparse web page and git tree were no longer valid. This changes them to point to the current versions. Signed-off-by: Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@virginia.edu> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2009-04-11Documentation: explain the difference between __bitwise and __bitwise__Sam Ravnborg
Simply added explanation from Al Viro in the following mail: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0802.2/3164.html Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2008-07-25kbuild: sparse needs CF not CHECKFLAGSGeert Uytterhoeven
Documentation/sparse.txt tells to use: make C=2 CHECKFLAGS="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" However, this still doesn't enable endian checks. The correct syntax is: make C=2 CF="-D__CHECK_ENDIAN__" This documentation bug was introduced by the following commit: commit 1c7bafe7206d928eaccbcbd08d868733e0fb7054 Author: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> Date: Wed Sep 13 07:57:50 2006 -0400 kbuild: clarify "make C=" build option Clarify the use of "make C=" in the top-level Makefile, and fix a typo in the Documentation file. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> This `typo' was not a typo, as `CF' had been introduced much earlier, by: commit 7b49bb9aff8b14d15da58111d8908c877c0a525e Author: viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Date: Fri Sep 9 21:14:35 2005 +0100 [PATCH] kbuild: CF=<arguments> passes arguments to sparse Allows to add to sparse arguments without mutilating makefiles - just pass CF=<arguments> and they will be added to CHECKFLAGS. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2007-03-08[PATCH] update 'getting sparse' info.Dave Jones
- point to the sparse webpage - use git:// instead of rsync:// Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2006-09-25kbuild: clarify "make C=" build optionRobert P. J. Day
Clarify the use of "make C=" in the top-level Makefile, and fix a typo in the Documentation file. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2006-06-23[PATCH] docs: update sparse.txt with CHECK_ENDIANBob Copeland
Update the sparse documentation to omit the -Wbitwise flag example (as it is now passed by default), and document the kernel defines to enable endianness checking. Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-07[PATCH] Documentation/sparse.txt: mention CF=-WbitwiseAlexey Dobriyan
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-23[PATCH] documentation: sparse no longer uses bk, but gitHarald Welte
Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-09-09[PATCH] Documentation/sparse snapshot URLBen Dooks
The URL for Documentation/sparse is wrong now that it is in git. Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!