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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2021-12-13 10:11:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2021-12-13 10:11:05 +0100 |
| commit | c45479ecd0c21705ab078ceaba097bbb730a0541 (patch) | |
| tree | 27f028f34c22f6e9cc12da23c429af68ab70cfac /Documentation/process | |
| parent | d598c3c46ea69ea974f0613a651cd4ef3be0c870 (diff) | |
| parent | 2585cf9dfaaddf00b069673f27bb3f8530e2039c (diff) | |
Merge 5.16-rc5 into usb-next
We need the USB fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index b398b8576417..cf908d79666e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ GNU make 3.81 make --version binutils 2.23 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version +pahole 1.16 pahole --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version kmod 13 depmod -V e2fsprogs 1.41.4 e2fsck -V @@ -108,6 +109,16 @@ Bison Since Linux 4.16, the build system generates parsers during build. This requires bison 2.0 or later. +pahole: +------- + +Since Linux 5.2, if CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is selected, the build system +generates BTF (BPF Type Format) from DWARF in vmlinux, a bit later from kernel +modules as well. This requires pahole v1.16 or later. + +It is found in the 'dwarves' or 'pahole' distro packages or from +https://fedorapeople.org/~acme/dwarves/. + Perl ---- diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index da085d63af9b..6b3aaed66fba 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ works, see Documentation/process/development-process.rst. Also, read Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst for a list of items to check before submitting code. If you are submitting a driver, also read Documentation/process/submitting-drivers.rst; for device -tree binding patches, read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. +tree binding patches, read +Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.rst. This documentation assumes that you're using ``git`` to prepare your patches. If you're unfamiliar with ``git``, you would be well-advised to learn how to |