user/sven/linux.git/Makefile, branch v4.8-rc2

Linux 4.8-rc2

2016-08-15T02:11:36Z

gcc-plugins: abort builds cleanly when not supported

2016-08-09T00:49:05Z

When the compiler doesn't support gcc plugins (either due to missing headers or too old a version), report the problem and abort the build instead of emitting a warning and letting the build founder with arcane compiler errors. Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

Linux 4.8-rc1

2016-08-08T01:18:00Z

Merge tag 'media/v4.8-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media

2016-08-04T13:59:37Z

Pull media DocBook removal and some fixups from Mauro Carvalho Chehab: - removal of the media DocBook (since it's all in Sphinx now) - videobuf2: Fix an allocation regression - a few fixes related to the CEC drivers * tag 'media/v4.8-5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: [media] cec: fix off-by-one memset [media] staging: add MEDIA_SUPPORT dependency [media] vivid: don't handle CEC_MSG_SET_STREAM_PATH [media] media: adv7180: Fix broken interrupt register access [media] vb2: Fix allocation size of dma_parms [media] vim2m: copy the other colorspace-related fields as well [media] adv7511: fix VIC autodetect doc-rst: Remove the media docbook

Merge tag 'trace-v4.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace

2016-08-03T16:50:06Z

Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt: "A few updates and fixes: - move the suppressing of the __builtin_return_address >0 warning to the tracing directory only. - metag recordmcount fix for newer glibc's - two tracing histogram fixes that were reported by KASAN" * tag 'trace-v4.8-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-trace: tracing: Fix use-after-free in hist_register_trigger() tracing: Fix use-after-free in hist_unreg_all/hist_enable_unreg_all Makefile: Mute warning for __builtin_return_address(>0) for tracing only ftrace/recordmcount: Work around for addition of metag magic but not relocations

Merge branch 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild

2016-08-02T20:37:12Z

Pull kbuild updates from Michal Marek: - GCC plugin support by Emese Revfy from grsecurity, with a fixup from Kees Cook. The plugins are meant to be used for static analysis of the kernel code. Two plugins are provided already. - reduction of the gcc commandline by Arnd Bergmann. - IS_ENABLED / IS_REACHABLE macro enhancements by Masahiro Yamada - bin2c fix by Michael Tautschnig - setlocalversion fix by Wolfram Sang * 'kbuild' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild: gcc-plugins: disable under COMPILE_TEST kbuild: Abort build on bad stack protector flag scripts: Fix size mismatch of kexec_purgatory_size kbuild: make samples depend on headers_install Kbuild: don't add obj tree in additional includes Kbuild: arch: look for generated headers in obtree Kbuild: always prefix objtree in LINUXINCLUDE Kbuild: avoid duplicate include path Kbuild: don't add ../../ to include path vmlinux.lds.h: replace config_enabled() with IS_ENABLED() kconfig.h: allow to use IS_{ENABLE,REACHABLE} in macro expansion kconfig.h: use already defined macros for IS_REACHABLE() define export.h: use __is_defined() to check if __KSYM_* is defined kconfig.h: use __is_defined() to check if MODULE is defined kbuild: setlocalversion: print error to STDERR Add sancov plugin Add Cyclomatic complexity GCC plugin GCC plugin infrastructure Shared library support

Makefile: Mute warning for __builtin_return_address(>0) for tracing only

2016-08-02T16:57:48Z

With the latest gcc compilers, they give a warning if __builtin_return_address() parameter is greater than 0. That is because if it is used by a function called by a top level function (or in the case of the kernel, by assembly), it can try to access stack frames outside the stack and crash the system. The tracing system uses __builtin_return_address() of up to 2! But it is well aware of the dangers that it may have, and has even added precautions to protect against it (see the thunk code in arch/x86/entry/thunk*.S) Linus originally added KBUILD_CFLAGS that would suppress the warning for the entire kernel, as simply adding KBUILD_CFLAGS to the tracing directory wouldn't work. The tracing directory plays a bit with the CFLAGS and requires a little more logic. This adds that special logic to only suppress the warning for the tracing directory. If it is used anywhere else outside of tracing, the warning will still be triggered. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160728223043.51996267@grimm.local.home Tested-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

doc-rst: Remove the media docbook

2016-07-28T23:08:19Z

Now that all media documentation was converted to Sphinx, we should get rid of the old DocBook one, as we don't want people to submit patches against the old stuff. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Acked-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab

Disable "frame-address" warning

2016-07-28T02:03:04Z

Newer versions of gcc warn about the use of __builtin_return_address() with a non-zero argument when "-Wall" is specified: kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c: In function ‘stop_critical_timings’: kernel/trace/trace_irqsoff.c:433:86: warning: calling ‘__builtin_return_address’ with a nonzero argument is unsafe [-Wframe-address] stop_critical_timing(CALLER_ADDR0, CALLER_ADDR1); [ .. repeats a few times for other similar cases .. ] It is true that a non-zero argument is somewhat dangerous, and we do not actually have very many uses of that in the kernel - but the ftrace code does use it, and as Stephen Rostedt says: "We are well aware of the danger of using __builtin_return_address() of > 0. In fact that's part of the reason for having the "thunk" code in x86 (See arch/x86/entry/thunk_{64,32}.S). [..] it adds extra frames when tracking irqs off sections, to prevent __builtin_return_address() from accessing bad areas. In fact the thunk_32.S states: 'Trampoline to trace irqs off. (otherwise CALLER_ADDR1 might crash)'." For now, __builtin_return_address() with a non-zero argument is the best we can do, and the warning is not helpful and can end up making people miss other warnings for real problems. So disable the frame-address warning on compilers that need it. Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Disable "maybe-uninitialized" warning globally

2016-07-27T20:17:41Z

Several build configurations had already disabled this warning because it generates a lot of false positives. But some had not, and it was still enabled for "allmodconfig" builds, for example. Looking at the warnings produced, every single one I looked at was a false positive, and the warnings are frequent enough (and big enough) that they can easily hide real problems that you don't notice in the noise generated by -Wmaybe-uninitialized. The warning is good in theory, but this is a classic case of a warning that causes more problems than the warning can solve. If gcc gets better at avoiding false positives, we may be able to re-enable this warning. But as is, we're better off without it, and I want to be able to see the *real* warnings. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds