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Vlastimil Babka
0fe9a448a0 mm, page_owner: decouple freeing stack trace from debug_pagealloc
Commit 8974558f49 ("mm, page_owner, debug_pagealloc: save and dump
freeing stack trace") enhanced page_owner to also store freeing stack
trace, when debug_pagealloc is also enabled.  KASAN would also like to
do this [1] to improve error reports to debug e.g. UAF issues.

Kirill has suggested that the freeing stack trace saving should be also
possible to be enabled separately from KASAN or debug_pagealloc, i.e.
with an extra boot option.  Qian argued that we have enough options
already, and avoiding the extra overhead is not worth the complications
in the case of a debugging option.  Kirill noted that the extra stack
handle in struct page_owner requires 0.1% of memory.

This patch therefore enables free stack saving whenever page_owner is
enabled, regardless of whether debug_pagealloc or KASAN is also enabled.
KASAN kernels booted with page_owner=on will thus benefit from the
improved error reports.

[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203967

[vbabka@suse.cz: v3]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191007091808.7096-3-vbabka@suse.cz
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190930122916.14969-3-vbabka@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Suggested-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Suggested-by: Walter Wu <walter-zh.wu@mediatek.com>
Suggested-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Suggested-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-10-14 15:04:00 -07:00
Cristian Marussi
3a24f7f6b6 kselftest: add capability to skip chosen TARGETS
Let the user specify an optional TARGETS skiplist through the new optional
SKIP_TARGETS Makefile variable.

It is easier to skip at will using a reduced and well defined list of
possibly problematic targets with SKIP_TARGETS than to provide a partially
stripped down list of good targets using the usual TARGETS variable.

Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-10-01 13:19:04 -06:00
Jonathan Corbet
48ffc3d12b Merge branch 'pdf_fixes_v1' of https://git.linuxtv.org/mchehab/experimental into mauro
Bring in a set of post-thrashup fixes from Mauro.
2019-07-22 13:51:20 -06:00
Dave Jones
40ef768ab6 Remove references to dead website.
This fell into disrepair a while ago, and the majority of hits to the
snapshots were from bots, so it's more trouble to keep running than it's worth.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-07-19 12:22:04 -07:00
Mauro Carvalho Chehab
9fc3a18a94 docs: remove extra conf.py files
Now that the latex_documents are handled automatically, we can
remove those extra conf.py files.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>
2019-07-17 06:57:52 -03:00
André Almeida
b7c3613e68 docs: kmemleak: add more documentation details
Wikipedia now has a main article to "tracing garbage collector" topic.
Change the URL and use the reStructuredText syntax for hyperlinks and add
more details about the use of the tool.  Add a section about how to use
the kmemleak-test module to test the memory leak scanning.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190612155231.19448-2-andrealmeid@collabora.com
Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@collabora.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-07-12 11:05:42 -07:00
Tri Vo
aa069a23a2 gcov: docs: add a note on GCC vs Clang differences
Document some things of note to gcov users:
1. GCC gcov and Clang llvm-cov tools are not compatible.
2. The use of GCC vs Clang is transparent at build-time.

Also adjust the documentation to account for the removal of config symbol
CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT by commit 6a61b70b43 ("gcov: remove
CONFIG_GCOV_FORMAT_AUTODETECT").

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190318025411.98014-4-trong@android.com
Signed-off-by: Tri Vo <trong@android.com>
Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Daniel Mentz <danielmentz@google.com>
Cc: Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@android.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Petri Gynther <pgynther@google.com>
Cc: Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@quicinc.com>
Cc: Trilok Soni <tsoni@quicinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-05-14 19:52:51 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
8c79f4cd44 Merge tag 'docs-5.2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A reasonably busy cycle for docs, including:

   - Lots of work on the Chinese and Italian translations

   - Some license-rules clarifications from Christoph

   - Various build-script fixes

   - A new document on memory models

   - RST conversion of the live-patching docs

   - The usual collection of typo fixes and corrections"

* tag 'docs-5.2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (140 commits)
  docs/livepatch: Unify style of livepatch documentation in the ReST format
  docs: livepatch: convert docs to ReST and rename to *.rst
  scripts/documentation-file-ref-check: detect broken :doc:`foo`
  scripts/documentation-file-ref-check: don't parse Next/ dir
  LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated
  LICENSES: Clearly mark dual license only licenses
  docs: Don't reference the ZLib license in license-rules.rst
  docs/vm: Minor editorial changes in the THP and hugetlbfs
  docs/vm: add documentation of memory models
  doc:it_IT: translation alignment
  doc: fix typo in PGP guide
  dontdiff: update with Kconfig build artifacts
  docs/zh_CN: fix typos in 1.Intro.rst file
  docs/zh_CN: redirect CoC docs to Chinese version
  doc: mm: migration doesn't use FOLL_SPLIT anymore
  docs: doc-guide: remove the extension from .rst files
  doc: kselftest: Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions
  docs: trace: fix some Sphinx warnings
  docs: speculation.txt: mark example blocks as such
  docs: ntb.txt: add blank lines to clean up some Sphinx warnings
  ...
2019-05-08 12:42:50 -07:00
Shuah Khan
9f436194f9 doc: kselftest: Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions
Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions. The current documentation is
incorrect. Update and fix outdated information about summary option.
Add a reference to kselftest wiki for additional information on the
framework and tips on writing new tests.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-04-19 12:44:21 -06:00
Tobin C. Harding
eebf4dd452 kselftest: Add test module framework header
kselftest runs as a userspace process.  Sometimes we need to test things
from kernel space.  One way of doing this is by creating a test module.
Currently doing so requires developers to write a bunch of boiler plate
in the module if kselftest is to be used to run the tests.  This means
we currently have a load of duplicate code to achieve these ends.  If we
have a uniform method for implementing test modules then we can reduce
code duplication, ensure uniformity in the test framework, ease code
maintenance, and reduce the work required to create tests.  This all
helps to encourage developers to write and run tests.

Add a C header file that can be included in test modules.  This provides
a single point for common test functions/macros.  Implement a few macros
that make up the start of the test framework.

Add documentation for new kselftest header to kselftest documentation.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <tobin@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
2019-04-08 16:44:20 -06:00
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
58f4df3c1b Documentation/dev-tools: Use gcc version number instead svn revision number
svn commit 231296 matches commit d29e939c63b71 ("Add fuzzing coverage
support") in the gcc git. The change is part of gcc 6.1.0.

Replace the svn commit number with a gcc version which everyone can
easily compare.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-01-14 17:25:41 -07:00
Linus Torvalds
3868772b99 Merge tag 'docs-5.0' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation update from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A fairly normal cycle for documentation stuff. We have a new document
  on perf security, more Italian translations, more improvements to the
  memory-management docs, improvements to the pathname lookup
  documentation, and the usual array of smaller fixes.

  As is often the case, there are a few reaches outside of
  Documentation/ to adjust kerneldoc comments"

* tag 'docs-5.0' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (38 commits)
  docs: improve pathname-lookup document structure
  configfs: fix wrong name of struct in documentation
  docs/mm-api: link slab_common.c to "The Slab Cache" section
  slab: make kmem_cache_create{_usercopy} description proper kernel-doc
  doc:process: add links where missing
  docs/core-api: make mm-api.rst more structured
  x86, boot: documentation whitespace fixup
  Documentation: devres: note checking needs when converting
  doc🇮🇹 add some process/* translations
  doc🇮🇹 fixes in process/1.Intro
  Documentation: convert path-lookup from markdown to resturctured text
  Documentation/admin-guide: update admin-guide index.rst
  Documentation/admin-guide: introduce perf-security.rst file
  scripts/kernel-doc: Fix struct and struct field attribute processing
  Documentation: dev-tools: Fix typos in index.rst
  Correct gen_init_cpio tool's documentation
  Document /proc/pid PID reuse behavior
  Documentation: update path-lookup.md for parallel lookups
  Documentation: Use "while" instead of "whilst"
  dmaengine: Add mailing list address to the documentation
  ...
2018-12-29 11:21:49 -08:00
Andrey Konovalov
b3b0e6accb kasan: update documentation
This patch updates KASAN documentation to reflect the addition of the new
tag-based mode.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/aabef9de317c54b8a3919a4946ce534c6576726a.1544099024.git.andreyknvl@google.com
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@virtuozzo.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-12-28 12:11:44 -08:00
Federico Vaga
f77af637f2 doc:process: add links where missing
Some documents are refering to others without links. With this
patch I add those missing links.

This patch affects only documents under process/ and labels where
necessary.

Signed-off-by: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-12-06 10:21:19 -07:00
Shreyans Devendra Doshi
32ddfe8b0b Documentation: dev-tools: Fix typos in index.rst
Fixes a spelling error and removes an extra whitespace character.

Signed-off-by: Shreyans Devendra Doshi <0xinfosect0r@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-11-25 12:27:05 -07:00
Randy Dunlap
c284d42850 Documentation/dev-tools: clean up kselftest.rst
This is a small cleanup to kselftest.rst:

- Fix some language typos in the usage instructions.
- Change one non-ASCII space to an ASCII space.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-11-07 15:51:09 -07:00
Himanshu Jha
9eff4a2e92 docs: dev-tools: coccinelle: Update documentation
* Fix install instruction by adding `./autogen` command
  before `./configure`.
* Add link to a more detailed installation instruction.
* Add link to SmPL grammar documentation.
* Add single space after ',' to slightly improve readability.

Signed-off-by: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-08-31 16:51:59 -06:00
Anders Roxell
0e0f00935a doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update config file location
Config fragment files should be placed in
tools/testing/selftests/<testdir>/config

Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-08-31 16:26:04 -06:00
Anders Roxell
8ab1416a6d doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update contributing new tests
Add a description that kernel config options should be added into a
config file that is placed next to the newly added test.

Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-06-29 09:01:50 -06:00
Anders Roxell
a997a703d0 doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update contributing new tests
Add a description that the kernel headers should be used as far as it is
possible and then the system headers.

Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-04-27 16:56:15 -06:00
Jonathan Corbet
24844fd339 Merge branch 'mm-rst' into docs-next
Mike Rapoport says:

  These patches convert files in Documentation/vm to ReST format, add an
  initial index and link it to the top level documentation.

  There are no contents changes in the documentation, except few spelling
  fixes. The relatively large diffstat stems from the indentation and
  paragraph wrapping changes.

  I've tried to keep the formatting as consistent as possible, but I could
  miss some places that needed markup and add some markup where it was not
  necessary.

[jc: significant conflicts in vm/hmm.rst]
2018-04-16 14:25:08 -06:00
Mike Rapoport
ad56b738c5 docs/vm: rename documentation files to .rst
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-04-16 14:18:15 -06:00
Linus Torvalds
bb2407a721 Merge tag 'docs-4.17' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "There's been a fair amount of activity in Documentation/ this time
  around:

   - Lots of work aligning Documentation/ABI with reality, done by
     Aishwarya Pant.

   - The trace documentation has been converted to RST by Changbin Du

   - I thrashed up kernel-doc to deal with a parsing issue and to try to
     make the code more readable. It's still a 20+-year-old Perl hack,
     though.

   - Lots of other updates, typo fixes, and more"

* tag 'docs-4.17' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (82 commits)
  Documentation/process: update FUSE project website
  docs: kernel-doc: fix parsing of arrays
  dmaengine: Fix spelling for parenthesis in dmatest documentation
  dmaengine: Make dmatest.rst indeed reST compatible
  dmaengine: Add note to dmatest documentation about supported channels
  Documentation: magic-numbers: Fix typo
  Documentation: admin-guide: add kvmconfig, xenconfig and tinyconfig commands
  Input: alps - Update documentation for trackstick v3 format
  Documentation: Mention why %p prints ptrval
  COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files
  COPYING: create a new file with points to the Kernel license files
  Input: trackpoint: document sysfs interface
  xfs: Change URL for the project in xfs.txt
  char/bsr: add sysfs interface documentation
  acpi: nfit: document sysfs interface
  block: rbd: update sysfs interface
  Documentation/sparse: fix typo
  Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces
  docs/vm: update 00-INDEX
  kernel-doc: Remove __sched markings
  ...
2018-04-03 13:35:51 -07:00
Eric Engestrom
3b7ea9f015 Documentation/sparse: fix typo
Signed-off-by: Eric Engestrom <eric.engestrom@imgtec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2018-03-21 09:17:56 -06:00
James Hogan
6a7676852e docs: Remove remaining references to metag
Remove any remaining references to the Meta architecture in
Documentation/, primarily from Documentation/features/.

Signed-off-by: James Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-metag@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
2018-02-22 11:07:37 +00:00