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Linus Torvalds
fcb8ce5cfe Linux 3.1-rc3 2011-08-22 11:42:53 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
93ee7a9340 Linux 3.1-rc2 2011-08-14 15:09:08 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
322a8b0340 Linux 3.1-rc1 2011-08-07 18:23:30 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
1d3fe4a75b Merge branch 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'kconfig' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: (25 commits)
  kconfig: Introduce IS_ENABLED(), IS_BUILTIN() and IS_MODULE()
  xconfig: Abort close if configuration cannot be saved
  kconfig: fix missing "0x" prefix from S_HEX symbol in autoconf.h
  kconfig/nconf: remove useless conditionnal
  kconfig/nconf: prevent segfault on empty menu
  kconfig/nconf: use the generic menu_get_ext_help()
  nconfig: Avoid Wunused-but-set warning
  kconfig/conf: mark xfgets() private
  kconfig: remove pending prototypes for kconfig_load()
  kconfig/conf: add command line options' description
  kconfig/conf: reduce the scope of `defconfig_file'
  kconfig: use calloc() for expr allocation
  kconfig: introduce specialized printer
  kconfig: do not overwrite symbol direct dependency in assignment
  kconfig/gconf: silent missing prototype warnings
  kconfig/gconf: kill deadcode
  kconfig: nuke LKC_DIRECT_LINK cruft
  kconfig: nuke reference to SWIG
  kconfig: add missing <stdlib.h> inclusion
  kconfig: add missing <ctype.h> inclusion
  ...

Fix up conflicts in scripts/kconfig/Makefile
2011-07-30 00:17:06 -07:00
Michal Marek
2a11c8ea20 kconfig: Introduce IS_ENABLED(), IS_BUILTIN() and IS_MODULE()
Replace the config_is_*() macros with a variant that allows for grepping
for usage of CONFIG_* options in the code. Usage:

  if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA))

or

  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA)

The IS_ENABLED() macro evaluates to 1 if the argument is set (to either 'y'
or 'm'), IS_BUILTIN() tests if the option is 'y' and IS_MODULE() test if
the option is 'm'. Only boolean and tristate options are supported.

Reviewed-by: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-07-29 21:53:30 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
4d4abdcb1d Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (123 commits)
  perf: Remove the nmi parameter from the oprofile_perf backend
  x86, perf: Make copy_from_user_nmi() a library function
  perf: Remove perf_event_attr::type check
  x86, perf: P4 PMU - Fix typos in comments and style cleanup
  perf tools: Make test use the preset debugfs path
  perf tools: Add automated tests for events parsing
  perf tools: De-opt the parse_events function
  perf script: Fix display of IP address for non-callchain path
  perf tools: Fix endian conversion reading event attr from file header
  perf tools: Add missing 'node' alias to the hw_cache[] array
  perf probe: Support adding probes on offline kernel modules
  perf probe: Add probed module in front of function
  perf probe: Introduce debuginfo to encapsulate dwarf information
  perf-probe: Move dwarf library routines to dwarf-aux.{c, h}
  perf probe: Remove redundant dwarf functions
  perf probe: Move strtailcmp to string.c
  perf probe: Rename DIE_FIND_CB_FOUND to DIE_FIND_CB_END
  tracing/kprobe: Update symbol reference when loading module
  tracing/kprobes: Support module init function probing
  kprobes: Return -ENOENT if probe point doesn't exist
  ...
2011-07-22 16:44:39 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
02f8c6aee8 Linux 3.0 2011-07-21 19:17:23 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
620917de59 Linux 3.0-rc7 2011-07-11 16:51:52 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
fe0d42203c Linux 3.0-rc6 2011-07-04 15:56:24 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
10e6962765 Merge commit 'v3.0-rc5' into perf/core
Merge reason: Pick up the latest fixes.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-07-01 10:28:46 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
b0af8dfdd6 Linux 3.0-rc5 2011-06-27 19:12:22 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
5629937872 Linux 3.0-rc4 2011-06-20 20:25:46 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
7cc2ed0589 Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  kbuild: Call depmod.sh via shell
  perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver
2011-06-16 10:26:58 -07:00
Ingo Molnar
af07ce3e77 Merge branch 'tip/perf/core-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-trace into perf/core
Conflicts:
	Makefile
2011-06-16 13:26:23 +02:00
Michal Marek
569658dddf kbuild: Call depmod.sh via shell
The script has the executable bit in git, but plain old patch(1) can't
create executable files.

Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-06-15 22:15:47 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
2c53b436a3 Linux 3.0-rc3 2011-06-13 15:29:59 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6aecceccf5 Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile
  kbuild: Hack for depmod not handling X.Y versions
  kbuild: Move depmod call to a separate script
  kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
  kbuild: Fix KERNELVERSION for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
  kbuild: silence Nothing to be done for 'all' message
2011-06-09 16:27:42 -07:00
Michal Marek
fc4da9a3e6 kbuild: Move depmod call to a separate script
Do not bloat the Makefile with multiline shell statements. No
user-visible change intended.

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-06-09 23:05:54 +02:00
Michal Marek
78d3bb4483 kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
expr treats all numbers as decimals, so prepending a zero is safe. Note
that the KERNEL_VERSION() macro still takes three arguments, 3.0 has to be
written as KERNEL_VERSION(3,0,0).

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-06-09 23:05:54 +02:00
Michal Marek
cacd54ef49 kbuild: Fix KERNELVERSION for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
Omit the second dot for releases without SUBLEVEL. If PATCHLEVEL is also
empty, only display VERSION.

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-06-09 23:05:54 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
59c5f46fbe Linux 3.0-rc2 2011-06-06 18:06:33 +09:00
Linus Torvalds
55922c9d1b Linux 3.0-rc1
.. except there are various scripts that really know that there are
three numbers, so it calls itself "3.0.0-rc1".

Hopefully by the time the final 3.0 is out, we'll have that extra zero
all figured out.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-05-29 17:43:36 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
0798b1dbfb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmetcalf/linux-tile: (26 commits)
  arch/tile: prefer "tilepro" as the name of the 32-bit architecture
  compat: include aio_abi.h for aio_context_t
  arch/tile: cleanups for tilegx compat mode
  arch/tile: allocate PCI IRQs later in boot
  arch/tile: support signal "exception-trace" hook
  arch/tile: use better definitions of xchg() and cmpxchg()
  include/linux/compat.h: coding-style fixes
  tile: add an RTC driver for the Tilera hypervisor
  arch/tile: finish enabling support for TILE-Gx 64-bit chip
  compat: fixes to allow working with tile arch
  arch/tile: update defconfig file to something more useful
  tile: do_hardwall_trap: do not play with task->sighand
  tile: replace mm->cpu_vm_mask with mm_cpumask()
  tile,mn10300: add device parameter to dma_cache_sync()
  audit: support the "standard" <asm-generic/unistd.h>
  arch/tile: clarify flush_buffer()/finv_buffer() function names
  arch/tile: kernel-related cleanups from removing static page size
  arch/tile: various header improvements for building drivers
  arch/tile: disable GX prefetcher during cache flush
  arch/tile: tolerate disabling CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
  ...
2011-05-25 15:35:32 -07:00
Chris Metcalf
6738d3210a arch/tile: prefer "tilepro" as the name of the 32-bit architecture
With this change, you can (and should) build with ARCH=tilepro for the
current 32-bit chips.  Building with ARCH=tile continues to work, but
we've renamed the defconfig file to tilepro_defconfig for consistency.

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
2011-05-25 15:24:00 -04:00
Linus Torvalds
51b550a41c Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  export_report: use warn() to issue WARNING, so they go to stderr
  export_report: sort SECTION 2 output
  export_report: do collectcfiles work in perl itself
  kbuild: make versioncheck work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
  kbuild: make includecheck work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
  kbuild: make headerdep work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
  kbuild: add targets to PHONY
  kbuild: don't warn about include/linux/version.h not including itself
  eradicate bashisms in scripts/patch-kernel
2011-05-25 12:04:15 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
2bb732cdb4 Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6
* 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  kbuild: make KBUILD_NOCMDDEP=1 handle empty built-in.o
  scripts/kallsyms.c: fix potential segfault
  scripts/gen_initramfs_list.sh: Convert to a /bin/sh script
  kbuild: Fix GNU make v3.80 compatibility
  kbuild: Fix passing -Wno-* options to gcc 4.4+
  kbuild: move scripts/basic/docproc.c to scripts/docproc.c
  kbuild: Fix Makefile.asm-generic for um
  kbuild: Allow to combine multiple W= levels
  kbuild: Disable -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc 4.6.0
  Fix handling of backlash character in LINUX_COMPILE_BY name
  kbuild: asm-generic support
  kbuild: implement several W= levels
  kbuild: Fix build with binutils <= 2.19
  initramfs: Use KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP for generated entries
  kbuild: Allow to override LINUX_COMPILE_BY and LINUX_COMPILE_HOST macros
  kbuild: Drop unused LINUX_COMPILE_TIME and LINUX_COMPILE_DOMAIN macros
  kbuild: Use the deterministic mode of ar
  kbuild: Call gzip with -n
  kbuild: move KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS from Kconfig to Makefile
  Kconfig: improve KALLSYMS_ALL documentation

Fix up trivial conflict in Makefile
2011-05-24 13:31:37 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
df48d8716e Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (107 commits)
  perf stat: Add more cache-miss percentage printouts
  perf stat: Add -d -d and -d -d -d options to show more CPU events
  ftrace/kbuild: Add recordmcount files to force full build
  ftrace: Add self-tests for multiple function trace users
  ftrace: Modify ftrace_set_filter/notrace to take ops
  ftrace: Allow dynamically allocated function tracers
  ftrace: Implement separate user function filtering
  ftrace: Free hash with call_rcu_sched()
  ftrace: Have global_ops store the functions that are to be traced
  ftrace: Add ops parameter to ftrace_startup/shutdown functions
  ftrace: Add enabled_functions file
  ftrace: Use counters to enable functions to trace
  ftrace: Separate hash allocation and assignment
  ftrace: Create a global_ops to hold the filter and notrace hashes
  ftrace: Use hash instead for FTRACE_FL_FILTER
  ftrace: Replace FTRACE_FL_NOTRACE flag with a hash of ignored functions
  perf bench, x86: Add alternatives-asm.h wrapper
  x86, 64-bit: Fix copy_[to/from]_user() checks for the userspace address limit
  x86, mem: memset_64.S: Optimize memset by enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB
  x86, mem: memmove_64.S: Optimize memmove by enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB
  ...
2011-05-19 17:36:08 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
61c4f2c81c Linux 2.6.39 2011-05-18 21:06:34 -07:00
Steven Rostedt
a3a8350ab2 kbuild/recordmcount: Add RECORDMCOUNT_WARN to warn about mcount callers
When mcount is called in a section that ftrace will not modify it into
a nop, we want to warn about this. But not warn about this always. Now
if the user builds the kernel with the option RECORDMCOUNT_WARN=1 then
the build will warn about mcount callers that are ignored and will just
waste execution time.

Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023738.714956282@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-05-17 10:41:49 -04:00
Steven Rostedt
85356f8022 kbuild/recordmcount: Add RECORDMCOUNT_WARN to warn about mcount callers
When mcount is called in a section that ftrace will not modify it into
a nop, we want to warn about this. But not warn about this always. Now
if the user builds the kernel with the option RECORDMCOUNT_WARN=1 then
the build will warn about mcount callers that are ignored and will just
waste execution time.

Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421023738.714956282@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2011-05-16 14:45:03 -04:00
Chris Metcalf
18aecc2b64 arch/tile: finish enabling support for TILE-Gx 64-bit chip
This support was partially present in the existing code (look for
"__tilegx__" ifdefs) but with this change you can build a working
kernel using the TILE-Gx toolchain and ARCH=tilegx.

Most of these files are new, generally adding a foo_64.c file
where previously there was just a foo_32.c file.

The ARCH=tilegx directive redirects to arch/tile, not arch/tilegx,
using the existing SRCARCH mechanism in the top-level Makefile.

Changes to existing files:

- <asm/bitops.h> and <asm/bitops_32.h> changed to factor the
  include of <asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h> in the common header.

- <asm/compat.h> and arch/tile/kernel/compat.c changed to remove
  the "const" markers I had put on compat_sys_execve() when trying
  to match some recent similar changes to the non-compat execve.
  It turns out the compat version wasn't "upgraded" to use const.

- <asm/opcode-tile_64.h> and <asm/opcode_constants_64.h> were
  previously included accidentally, with the 32-bit contents.  Now
  they have the proper 64-bit contents.

Finally, I had to hack the existing hacky drivers/input/input-compat.h
to add yet another "#ifdef" for INPUT_COMPAT_TEST (same as x86_64).

Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@tilera.com>
Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> [drivers/input]
2011-05-12 15:52:12 -04:00
Peter Foley
2ee2d29289 kbuild: make versioncheck work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
This patch fixes the versioncheck target so it works when make is
invoked in KBUILD_OUTDIR.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@verizon.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-12 16:30:41 +02:00
Peter Foley
436f876ccb kbuild: make includecheck work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
This patch fixes the includecheck target so it works when make is
invoked in KBUILD_OUTDIR.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@verizon.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-12 16:30:40 +02:00
Peter Foley
9663d9890d kbuild: make headerdep work in KBUILD_OUTDIR
This patch fixes the headerdep target so it works when make is invoked
in KBUILD_OUTDIR.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@verizon.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-12 16:30:40 +02:00
Peter Foley
279f3dd356 kbuild: add targets to PHONY
This patch adds some targets to PHONY so they are built even if a file
with the same name exists.

Signed-off-by: Peter Foley <pefoley2@verizon.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-12 16:30:40 +02:00
Kevin Cernekee
43f67c9816 kbuild: Fix GNU make v3.80 compatibility
According to Documentation/Changes, the kernel should be buildable with
GNU make 3.80+.  Commit 88d7be031f (kbuild:
Use a single clean rule for kernel and external modules) introduced the
"$(or" construct, which requires make 3.81.  This causes "make clean" to
malfunction when it is used with external modules.

Replace "$(or" with an equivalent "$(if" expression, to restore backward
compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-11 13:35:35 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
693d92a1bb Linux 2.6.39-rc7 2011-05-09 19:33:54 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
0ee5623f9a Linux 2.6.39-rc6 2011-05-03 19:59:13 -07:00
Michal Marek
8417da6f21 kbuild: Fix passing -Wno-* options to gcc 4.4+
Starting with 4.4, gcc will happily accept -Wno-<anything> in the
cc-option test and complain later when compiling a file that has some
other warning. This rather unexpected behavior is intentional as per
http://gcc.gnu.org/PR28322, so work around it by testing for support of
the opposite option (without the no-). Introduce a new Makefile function
cc-disable-warning that does this and update two uses of cc-option in
the toplevel Makefile.

Reported-and-tested-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-05-03 10:50:54 +02:00
Peter Foley
bffd2020a9 kbuild: move scripts/basic/docproc.c to scripts/docproc.c
Move docproc from scripts/basic to scripts so it is only built for *doc
targets instead of every time the kernel is built.
2011-05-02 22:48:03 +02:00
Michal Marek
a6de553da0 kbuild: Allow to combine multiple W= levels
Add support for make W=12, make W=123 and so on, to enable warnings from
multiple W= levels. Normally, make W=<level> does not include warnings
from the previous level.

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Reviewed-By: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
2011-05-02 17:37:10 +02:00
Dave Jones
af0e5d565d kbuild: Disable -Wunused-but-set-variable for gcc 4.6.0
Disable the new -Wunused-but-set-variable that was added in gcc 4.6.0
It produces more false positives than useful warnings.

This can still be enabled using W=1

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Tested-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-04-29 16:58:14 +02:00
Sam Ravnborg
d8ecc5cd8e kbuild: asm-generic support
There is an increasing amount of header files
shared between individual architectures in asm-generic.
To avoid a lot of dummy wrapper files that just
include the corresponding file in asm-generic provide
some basic support in kbuild for this.

With the following patch an architecture can maintain
a list of files in the file arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild

To use a generic file just add:

        generic-y += <name-of-header-file.h>

For each file listed kbuild will generate the necessary
wrapper in arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm.

When installing userspace headers a wrapper is likewise created.

The original inspiration for this came from the unicore32
patchset - although a different method is used.

The patch includes several improvements from Arnd Bergmann.
Michael Marek contributed Makefile.asm-generic.

Remis Baima did an intial implementation along to achive
the same - see https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/13352/

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Acked-by: Guan Xuetao <guanxuetao@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Tested-by: Guan Xuetao <guanxuetao@mprc.pku.edu.cn>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Remis Lima Baima <remis.developer@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-04-28 18:01:41 +02:00
Sam Ravnborg
28bc20dcca kbuild: implement several W= levels
Building a kernel with "make W=1" produces far too much noise to be
useful.

Divide the warning options in three groups:

    W=1 - warnings that may be relevant and does not occur too often
    W=2 - warnings that occur quite often but may still be relevant
    W=3 - the more obscure warnings, can most likely be ignored

When building the whole kernel, those levels produce:

W=1 - 4859 warnings
W=2 - 1394 warnings
W=3 - 86666 warnings

respectively. Warnings have been counted with Geert's script at

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geert/linux-log/linux-log-summary.pl

Many warnings occur from .h files so fixing one file may have a nice
effect on the total number of warnings.

With these changes I am actually tempted to try W=1 now and then.
Previously there was just too much noise.

Borislav:

- make the W= levels exclusive
- move very noisy and making little sense for the kernel warnings to W=3
- drop -Woverlength-strings due to useless warning message
- copy explanatory text for the different warning levels to 'make help'
- recount warnings per level

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-04-28 17:59:07 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
8e10cd7434 Linux 2.6.39-rc5 2011-04-26 20:48:50 -07:00
Michal Marek
40df759e2b kbuild: Fix build with binutils <= 2.19
The D option of ar is only available in newer versions.

Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-04-20 15:39:22 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
f0e615c3cb Linux 2.6.39-rc4 2011-04-18 21:26:00 -07:00
Artem Bityutskiy
1e2795a119 kbuild: move KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS from Kconfig to Makefile
At the moment we have the CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS Kconfig switch,
which users can enable or disable while configuring the kernel. This
option is then used by 'make' to determine whether an extra kallsyms
pass is needed or not.

However, this approach is not nice and confusing, and this patch moves
CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS from Kconfig to Makefile instead. The
rationale is below.

1. CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is really about the build time, not
   run-time. There is no real need for it to be in Kconfig. It is
   just an additional work-around which should be used only in rare
   cases, when someone breaks kallsyms, so Kbuild/Makefile is much
   better place for this option.
2. Grepping CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS shows that many defconfigs have
   it enabled, probably not because they try to work-around a kallsyms
   bug, but just because the Kconfig help text is confusing and does
   not really make it clear that this option should not be used unless
   except when kallsyms is broken.
3. And since many people have CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS enabled in
   their Kconfig, we do might fail to notice kallsyms bugs in time. E.g.,
   many testers use "make allyesconfig" to test builds, which will enable
   CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS and kallsyms breakage will not be noticed.

To address that, this patch:

1. Kills CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS
2. Changes Makefile so that people can use "make KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=1"
   to enable the extra pass if needed. Additionally, they may define
   KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS as an environment variable.
3. By default KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS is disabled and if kallsyms has issues,
   "make" should print a warning and suggest using KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
[mmarek: Removed make help text, is not necessary]
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
2011-04-15 15:56:15 +02:00
Linus Torvalds
a6360dd37e Linux 2.6.39-rc3 2011-04-11 17:21:51 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
6221f222c0 Linux 2.6.39-rc2 2011-04-05 18:30:43 -07:00