linux-toradex.git/Documentation/process, branch v5.19-rc3

scripts/check-local-export: avoid 'wait $!' for process substitution

2022-06-09T18:47:13+00:00

Bash 4.4, released in 2016, supports 'wait $!' to check the exit status
of a process substitution, but it seems too new.

Some people using older bash versions (on CentOS 7, Ubuntu 16.04, etc.)
reported an error like this:

  ./scripts/check-local-export: line 54: wait: pid 17328 is not a child of this shell

I used the process substitution to avoid a pipeline, which executes each
command in a subshell. If the while-loop is executed in the subshell
context, variable changes within are lost after the subshell terminates.

Fortunately, Bash 4.2, released in 2011, supports the 'lastpipe' option,
which makes the last element of a pipeline run in the current shell process.

Switch to the pipeline with 'lastpipe' solution, and also set 'pipefail'
to catch errors from ${NM}.

Add the bash requirement to Documentation/process/changes.rst.

Fixes: 31cb50b5590f ("kbuild: check static EXPORT_SYMBOL* by script instead of modpost")
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa 
Reported-by: Michael Ellerman 
Reported-by: Wang Yugui 
Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa 
Tested-by: Jon Hunter 
Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers 
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek  # LLVM-14 (x86-64)
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

Merge tag 'docs-5.19' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

2022-05-25T18:17:41+00:00

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "It was a moderately busy cycle for documentation; highlights include:

   - After a long period of inactivity, the Japanese translations are
     seeing some much-needed maintenance and updating.

   - Reworked IOMMU documentation

   - Some new documentation for static-analysis tools

   - A new overall structure for the memory-management documentation.
     This is an LSFMM outcome that, it is hoped, will help encourage
     developers to fill in the many gaps. Optimism is eternal...but
     hopefully it will work.

   - More Chinese translations.

  Plus the usual typo fixes, updates, etc"

* tag 'docs-5.19' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (70 commits)
  docs: pdfdocs: Add space for chapter counts >= 100 in TOC
  docs/zh_CN: Add dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst Chinese translation
  input: Docs: correct ntrig.rst typo
  input: Docs: correct atarikbd.rst typos
  MAINTAINERS: Become the docs/zh_CN maintainer
  docs/zh_CN: fix devicetree usage-model translation
  mm,doc: Add new documentation structure
  Documentation: drop more IDE boot options and ide-cd.rst
  Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches
  MAINTAINERS: Add entry for DOCUMENTATION/JAPANESE
  docs/trans/ja_JP/howto: Don't mention specific kernel versions
  docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references
  docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Add Suggested-by as a standard signature
  docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Randy has moved
  docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Suggest the use of scripts/get_maintainer.pl
  docs/ja_JP/SubmittingPatches: Update GregKH links
  Documentation/sysctl: document max_rcu_stall_to_panic
  Documentation: add missing angle bracket in cgroup-v2 doc
  Documentation: dev-tools: use literal block instead of code-block
  docs/zh_CN: add vm numa translation
  ...

Merge tag 'x86_build_for_v5.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2022-05-24T01:15:44+00:00

Pull x86 build updates from Borislav Petkov:

 - Add a "make x86_debug.config" target which enables a bunch of useful
   config debug options when trying to debug an issue

 - A gcc-12 build warnings fix

* tag 'x86_build_for_v5.19_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/boot: Wrap literal addresses in absolute_pointer()
  x86/configs: Add x86 debugging Kconfig fragment plus docs

Documentation/process: Update ARM contact for embargoed hardware issues

2022-05-10T17:10:16+00:00

With Grant taking a prominent role in Linaro, I will take over as the
process ambassador for ARM w.r.t. embargoed hardware issues.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas 
Cc: Grant Likely 
Cc: Jonathan Corbet 
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: use scripts/get_maintainer.pl on patches

2022-05-09T22:12:16+00:00

Explain that, when collecting list of people to Cc the patch,
scripts/get_maintainer.pl should be used on patches, not on the
directories.  The behavior is quite different, because with "-f" on
a directory, the maintainers of individual files will not be shown.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220427185645.677039-1-krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Documentation/process: Add embargoed HW contact for Ampere Computing

2022-05-06T08:00:25+00:00

Add Darren Hart as Ampere Computing's ambassador for the embargoed
hardware issues process.

Signed-off-by: Darren Hart 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2e36a8e925bc958928b4afa189b2f876c392831b.1650995848.git.darren@os.amperecomputing.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation/process: Make groups alphabetical and use tabs consistently

2022-05-06T08:00:23+00:00

The list appears to be grouped by type (silicon, software, cloud) and
mostly alphabetical within each group, with a few exceptions.

Before adding to it, cleanup the list to be alphabetical within the
groups, and use tabs consistently throughout the list.

Signed-off-by: Darren Hart 
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ec574b5d55584a3adda9bd31b7695193636ff136.1650995848.git.darren@os.amperecomputing.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

docs: submitting-patches: Fix crossref to 'The canonical patch format'

2022-04-28T18:28:11+00:00

The reference to `explicit_in_reply_to` is pointless as when the
reference was added in the form of "#15" [1], Section 15) was "The
canonical patch format".
The reference of "#15" had not been properly updated in a couple of
reorganizations during the plain-text SubmittingPatches era.

Fix it by using `the_canonical_patch_format`.

[1]: 2ae19acaa50a ("Documentation: Add "how to write a good patch summary" to SubmittingPatches")

Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa 
Fixes: 5903019b2a5e ("Documentation/SubmittingPatches: convert it to ReST markup")
Fixes: 9b2c76777acc ("Documentation/SubmittingPatches: enrich the Sphinx output")
Cc: Jonathan Corbet 
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.9+
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/64e105a5-50be-23f2-6cae-903a2ea98e18@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Docs: Replace version by 'current' in changes.rst

2022-04-22T15:47:25+00:00

The file 'Documentation/process/changes.rst' states the listed
requirements are for the 4.x kernel version. However, there are
requirements updated for the 5.x version, as there might be in other
future versions. This patch updates it to 'latest' so the document won't
be outdated in the future.

Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes 
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

Docs: Add cpio requirement to changes.rst

2022-04-22T15:47:25+00:00

The install target requires cpio to run the `kernel/gen_kheaders.sh`
script, but it's missing in the requirements list at
'Documentation/process/changes.rst'. This patch adds it to the list.

Signed-off-by: Bruno Moreira-Guedes 
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet