linux-toradex.git/Documentation/features/debug/kmemleak, branch v5.18 Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules nds32: Remove the architecture 2022-03-07T12:54:59+00:00 Alan Kao alankao@andestech.com 2022-03-02T07:42:45+00:00 aec499c75cf8e0b599be4d559e6922b613085f8f The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes employees. As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V, and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline support any more. While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/ Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/ Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/ Signed-off-by: Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com> [arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background] Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> 
The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit
RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the
kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were
already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes
employees.

As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V,
and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels
provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline
support any more.

While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets
worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best
to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns
out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer
to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/
Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/
Signed-off-by: Alan Kao <alankao@andestech.com>
[arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Documentation: features: refresh feature list 2021-02-25T18:25:57+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2021-02-25T14:27:18+00:00 a910f43efd60413e743817c9d71226315cc1d867 Run the update script to document the recent feature additions on riscv, mips and csky. Fixes: c109f42450ec ("csky: Add kmemleak support") Fixes: 8b3165e54566 ("MIPS: Enable GCOV") Fixes: 1ddc96bd42da ("MIPS: kernel: Support extracting off-line stack traces from user-space with perf") Fixes: 74784081aac8 ("riscv: Add uprobes supported") Fixes: 829adda597fe ("riscv: Add KPROBES_ON_FTRACE supported") Fixes: c22b0bcb1dd0 ("riscv: Add kprobes supported") Fixes: dcdc7a53a890 ("RISC-V: Implement ptrace regs and stack API") Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210225142841.3385428-2-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Run the update script to document the recent feature additions
on riscv, mips and csky.

Fixes: c109f42450ec ("csky: Add kmemleak support")
Fixes: 8b3165e54566 ("MIPS: Enable GCOV")
Fixes: 1ddc96bd42da ("MIPS: kernel: Support extracting off-line stack traces from user-space with perf")
Fixes: 74784081aac8 ("riscv: Add uprobes supported")
Fixes: 829adda597fe ("riscv: Add KPROBES_ON_FTRACE supported")
Fixes: c22b0bcb1dd0 ("riscv: Add kprobes supported")
Fixes: dcdc7a53a890 ("RISC-V: Implement ptrace regs and stack API")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210225142841.3385428-2-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation: features: remove c6x references 2021-02-25T18:25:57+00:00 Arnd Bergmann arnd@arndb.de 2021-02-25T14:27:17+00:00 4f3c8320c78cdd11c8fdd23c33787407f719322e The references to arch/c6x are obsolete now that the architecture is gone. Remove them. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210225142841.3385428-1-arnd@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
The references to arch/c6x are obsolete now that the architecture
is gone. Remove them.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210225142841.3385428-1-arnd@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/features: refresh RISC-V arch support files 2020-08-11T16:39:21+00:00 Tobias Klauser tklauser@distanz.ch 2020-08-10T09:50:00+00:00 f30c3ff3f0e8305d6c1a210df6d588a13333b8f7 Support for these was added by the following commits: f2c9699f6555 ("riscv: Add STACKPROTECTOR supported") 3c4697982982 ("riscv: Enable LOCKDEP_SUPPORT & fixup TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT"). ed48b297fe21 ("riscv: Enable context tracking") cbb3d91d3bcf ("riscv: Add kmemleak support") Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200810095000.32092-1-tklauser@distanz.ch Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Support for these was added by the following commits:

  f2c9699f6555 ("riscv: Add STACKPROTECTOR supported")
  3c4697982982 ("riscv: Enable LOCKDEP_SUPPORT & fixup TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT").
  ed48b297fe21 ("riscv: Enable context tracking")
  cbb3d91d3bcf ("riscv: Add kmemleak support")

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200810095000.32092-1-tklauser@distanz.ch
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/features: Remove unicore32 from kcov and kmemleak 2020-07-13T15:57:50+00:00 Tobias Klauser tklauser@distanz.ch 2020-07-07T09:09:22+00:00 db6f369d5b2a9da5c5dfa7c56ffafe848f3f05e7 Commit 3839a7460721 ("Documentation/features: Add kcov") and commit 4641961cff2f ("Documentation/features: Add kmemleak") were added shortly after the unicore32 port was removed in commit fb37409a01b0 ("arch: remove unicore32 port"). Remove the unicore32 feature lines from kcov and kmemleak as well. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200707090922.4746-1-tklauser@distanz.ch Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Commit 3839a7460721 ("Documentation/features: Add kcov") and
commit 4641961cff2f ("Documentation/features: Add kmemleak") were added
shortly after the unicore32 port was removed in commit fb37409a01b0
("arch: remove unicore32 port"). Remove the unicore32 feature lines from
kcov and kmemleak as well.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200707090922.4746-1-tklauser@distanz.ch
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Documentation/features: Add kmemleak 2020-07-05T20:14:02+00:00 Tobias Klauser tklauser@distanz.ch 2020-06-27T09:15:10+00:00 4641961cff2f4202d3a01e8cd6b38f0a4e04ad36 Replace the manually curated list for supported archs in Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst by a Documentation/features entry. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627091510.28210-1-tklauser@distanz.ch Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 
Replace the manually curated list for supported archs in
Documentation/dev-tools/kmemleak.rst by a Documentation/features entry.

Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200627091510.28210-1-tklauser@distanz.ch
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>