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Linus Torvalds 5a658afd46 Objtool changes for v6.15:
- The biggest change is the new option to automatically fail
    the build on objtool warnings: CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR.
 
    While there are no currently known unfixed false positives
    left, such an expansion in the severity of objtool warnings
    inevitably creates a risk of build failures, so it's disabled by
    default and depends on !COMPILE_TEST, so it shouldn't be enabled
    on allyesconfig/allmodconfig builds and won't be forced on people
    who just accept build-time defaults in 'make oldconfig'.
 
    While the option is strongly recommended, only people who enable
    it explicitly should see it.
 
    (Josh Poimboeuf)
 
  - Disable branch profiling in noinstr code with a broad
    brush that includes all of arch/x86/ and kernel/sched/. (Josh Poimboeuf)
 
  - Create backup object files on objtool errors and print exact
    objtool arguments to make failure analysis easier (Josh Poimboeuf)
 
  - Improve noreturn handling (Josh Poimboeuf)
 
  - Improve rodata handling (Tiezhu Yang)
 
  - Support jump tables, switch tables and goto tables on LoongArch (Tiezhu Yang)
 
  - Misc cleanups and fixes (Josh Poimboeuf, David Engraf, Ingo Molnar)
 
 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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Merge tag 'objtool-core-2025-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull objtool updates from Ingo Molnar:

 - The biggest change is the new option to automatically fail the build
   on objtool warnings: CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR.

   While there are no currently known unfixed false positives left, such
   an expansion in the severity of objtool warnings inevitably creates a
   risk of build failures, so it's disabled by default and depends on
   !COMPILE_TEST, so it shouldn't be enabled on
   allyesconfig/allmodconfig builds and won't be forced on people who
   just accept build-time defaults in 'make oldconfig'.

   While the option is strongly recommended, only people who enable it
   explicitly should see it.

   (Josh Poimboeuf)

 - Disable branch profiling in noinstr code with a broad brush that
   includes all of arch/x86/ and kernel/sched/. (Josh Poimboeuf)

 - Create backup object files on objtool errors and print exact objtool
   arguments to make failure analysis easier (Josh Poimboeuf)

 - Improve noreturn handling (Josh Poimboeuf)

 - Improve rodata handling (Tiezhu Yang)

 - Support jump tables, switch tables and goto tables on LoongArch
   (Tiezhu Yang)

 - Misc cleanups and fixes (Josh Poimboeuf, David Engraf, Ingo Molnar)

* tag 'objtool-core-2025-03-22' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (22 commits)
  tracing: Disable branch profiling in noinstr code
  objtool: Use O_CREAT with explicit mode mask
  objtool: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL_WERROR
  objtool: Create backup on error and print args
  objtool: Change "warning:" to "error:" for --Werror
  objtool: Add --Werror option
  objtool: Add --output option
  objtool: Upgrade "Linked object detected" warning to error
  objtool: Consolidate option validation
  objtool: Remove --unret dependency on --rethunk
  objtool: Increase per-function WARN_FUNC() rate limit
  objtool: Update documentation
  objtool: Improve __noreturn annotation warning
  objtool: Fix error handling inconsistencies in check()
  x86/traps: Make exc_double_fault() consistently noreturn
  LoongArch: Enable jump table for objtool
  objtool/LoongArch: Add support for goto table
  objtool/LoongArch: Add support for switch table
  objtool: Handle PC relative relocation type
  objtool: Handle different entry size of rodata
  ...
2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
arch Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
block cgroup: Changes for v6.15 2025-03-24 16:49:40 -07:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
Documentation RCU pull request for v6.15 2025-03-24 19:41:37 -07:00
drivers Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
fs pstore update for v6.15-rc1 2025-03-24 15:43:28 -07:00
include Locking changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 20:55:03 -07:00
init RCU pull request for v6.15 2025-03-24 19:41:37 -07:00
io_uring io_uring-6.14-20250322 2025-03-22 10:45:44 -07:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
lib Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm Locking changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 20:55:03 -07:00
net vfs-6.15-rc1.afs 2025-03-24 13:15:16 -07:00
rust Locking changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 20:55:03 -07:00
samples hardening updates for v6.15-rc1 2025-03-24 15:18:08 -07:00
scripts Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
security hardening updates for v6.15-rc1 2025-03-24 15:18:08 -07:00
sound ASoC: Fixes for v6.14 2025-03-13 07:33:48 +01:00
tools Objtool changes for v6.15: 2025-03-24 21:18:05 -07:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-05 04:06:45 +09:00
virt vfs-6.15-rc1.misc 2025-03-24 09:13:50 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-01-10 00:17:25 +01:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore rust: use host dylib naming convention to support macOS 2025-01-10 01:01:24 +01:00
.mailmap platform-drivers-x86 for v6.14-5 2025-03-14 10:57:28 -10:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Move Pavel to kernel.org address 2025-02-07 09:12:33 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS bitmap changes for 6.15 2025-03-24 19:11:58 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.14 2025-03-24 07:02:41 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.