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Matt Turner b245a18823 tools: Port perf ui from GTK 2 to GTK 4
Port straight to GTK 4 rather than GTK 3, since GTK 4 is where new
development happens and GTK 3 is old itself now.

GTK 4 drops GtkContainer, GdkScreen, and the gtk_main()/
gtk_dialog_run() family perf's GTK UI relied on. Containers get
per-widget setters (gtk_box_append() and friends), monitor geometry
comes from GdkMonitor instead of GdkScreen, and the main and
error-dialog loops become explicit GMainLoops quit from the
"close-request" and "response" signals. Widgets are visible by default
now, so gtk_widget_show_all()/set_no_show_all() go away, and the
remaining gtk_widget_show()/gtk_widget_hide() calls become
gtk_widget_set_visible() (with a small wrapper where "response" needs
to pass gtk_widget_hide() as a callback, since it no longer exists as
a plain function).

gtk_ui_progress__finish() skips destroying a progress dialog that was
never created, since gtk_window_destroy() asserts on NULL where the old
widget destroy tolerated it. Two spots the GTK 2 to GTK 3 port had
missed (builtin-annotate.c, ui/gtk/setup.c still using
HAVE_GTK2_SUPPORT and gtk_main_quit()) are fixed to match.

Runtime fallout from the new signal-driven loops: the error dialog's
nested loop hung if the parent window closed
(GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT destroys without emitting "response");
gtk_info_bar_get_content_area() is gone, breaking GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT;
the progress dialog's static widget pointers dangled after a manual
close; perf_gtk__error() and the warning functions reused an exhausted
va_list when vasprintf() failed.

The error loop is tracked in a list instead of a single pointer, since
perf_gtk__error() can be called re-entrantly (the dialog isn't modal)
and a lone global leaked the outer loop when that happened. The list
is only ever touched from the main thread: perf_gtk__error() updates
it while handling a dialog, and SIGINT/SIGQUIT/SIGTERM are deferred to
a GLib source via g_unix_signal_add() rather than calling
perf_gtk__exit() straight out of a real signal handler, so quitting on
those signals is serialized with the list update instead of racing it
from signal-handler context. SIGSEGV/SIGFPE keep a real handler, since
they're synchronous faults with no "later" to defer to, but it's pared
down to reporting and reraising the default disposition
(perf_gtk__fatal_signal()): there's no safe way to run GTK/GLib code
from the faulting context. stdarg.h, stdio.h, and string.h are now
included explicitly where used (util.c, hists.c, annotate.c) rather
than relying on transitive includes, which musl doesn't guarantee.

The gtk4-infobar feature check is dropped: GtkInfoBar has existed
unconditionally since GTK 3.10, so the check can only ever pass, and it
was failing outright here anyway since gtk_info_bar_new() is deprecated
and the check treats deprecation warnings as errors.
HAVE_GTK_INFO_BAR_SUPPORT and its statusbar-only fallback go away; the
info bar is now built unconditionally.

Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260908-perf-gtk2-v8-1-e90d5d155f0d@gmail.com
[ Fixed up some patch fuzz ]
[ Removed gtk2 from FEATURES_DISPLAY, it is opt-in use 'make VF=1' to see if it was detected ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2026-09-09 17:00:04 -03:00
arch powerpc fixes for 7.3 #2 2026-09-08 07:59:12 -07:00
block block: save page offset gaps in cloned bio 2026-09-01 08:42:34 -06:00
certs treewide: fix indentation and whitespace in Kconfig files 2026-05-28 21:24:42 -07:00
crypto This push fixes a memory allocation overrun in crypto acomp. 2026-08-28 09:28:40 -07:00
Documentation Miscellaneous IRQ subsystem fixes: 2026-09-06 10:35:24 -07:00
drivers Miscellaneous IRQ subsystem fixes: 2026-09-06 10:35:24 -07:00
fs configfs: unhash the dentry before dropping the item in rmdir 2026-09-07 09:15:05 -07:00
include tracing fixes for v7.3: 2026-09-06 14:21:24 -07:00
init treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
io_uring treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
ipc mm.git review status for master..mm-nonmm-stable 2026-08-23 08:07:11 -07:00
kernel tracing fixes for v7.3: 2026-09-06 14:21:24 -07:00
lib treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add modern form of the LGPL-2.1 tags to the usage guide section 2025-10-22 07:58:19 +02:00
mm treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
net kmalloc_obj conversions for v7.3-rc2 2026-09-05 20:45:18 -07:00
rust rust: pci: reject IRQ vector indices that do not fit in u32 2026-09-01 18:21:01 +02:00
samples tracing fixes for v7.3: 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -07:00
scripts Coccinelle patches for Linux v7.3 2026-08-30 10:42:40 -07:00
security kmalloc_obj conversions for v7.3-rc2 2026-09-05 20:45:18 -07:00
sound treewide: refresh kmalloc_obj() conversions 2026-09-04 21:37:00 -07:00
tools tools: Port perf ui from GTK 2 to GTK 4 2026-09-09 17:00:04 -03:00
usr usr: Correct a spelling by changing a letter 2026-08-05 14:51:58 +02:00
virt Arm: 2026-08-25 11:48:04 -07:00
.clang-format drm/bridge: rename drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain_scoped() to drm_for_each_bridge_in_chain() 2026-07-14 17:55:51 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: bump Clippy's MSRV and clean incompatible_msrv allows 2026-04-07 09:51:39 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig editorconfig: add rst extension 2026-01-26 19:07:09 -08:00
.get_maintainer.ignore .get_maintainer.ignore: add Nathan Chancellor 2026-08-03 21:10:12 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore SPDX patches for 7.2-rc1 2026-06-22 12:06:22 -07:00
.mailmap drm fixes for 7.3-rc2 2026-09-04 13:42:16 -07:00
.pylintrc docs: Move the python libraries to tools/lib/python 2025-11-18 09:22:40 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING
CREDITS Driver core fixes for 7.3-rc2 2026-09-05 11:59:05 -07:00
Kbuild checksyscalls: move instance functionality into generic code 2026-04-05 09:21:32 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS powerpc fixes for 7.3 #2 2026-09-08 07:59:12 -07:00
Makefile Linux 7.3-rc2 2026-09-06 15:07:20 -07:00
README README: remove out of place emdashes 2026-07-15 10:51:29 -06:00

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

The Linux kernel is the core of any Linux operating system. It manages hardware,
system resources, and provides the fundamental services for all other software.

Quick Start
-----------

* Report a bug: See Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
* Get the latest kernel: https://kernel.org
* Build the kernel: See Documentation/admin-guide/quickly-build-trimmed-linux.rst
* Join the community: https://lore.kernel.org/

Essential Documentation
-----------------------

All users should be familiar with:

* Building requirements: Documentation/process/changes.rst
* Code of Conduct: Documentation/process/code-of-conduct.rst
* License: See COPYING

Documentation can be built with make htmldocs or viewed online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/


Who Are You?
============

Find your role below:

* New Kernel Developer: Getting started with kernel development
* Academic Researcher: Studying kernel internals and architecture
* Security Expert: Hardening and vulnerability analysis
* Backport/Maintenance Engineer: Maintaining stable kernels
* System Administrator: Configuring and troubleshooting
* Maintainer: Leading subsystems and reviewing patches
* Hardware Vendor: Writing drivers for new hardware
* Distribution Maintainer: Packaging kernels for distros
* AI Coding Assistant: LLMs and AI-powered development tools


For Specific Users
==================

New Kernel Developer
--------------------

Welcome! Start your kernel development journey here:

* Getting Started: Documentation/process/development-process.rst
* Your First Patch: Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
* Coding Style: Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
* Build System: Documentation/kbuild/index.rst
* Development Tools: Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
* Kernel Hacking Guide: Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
* Core APIs: Documentation/core-api/index.rst

Academic Researcher
-------------------

Explore the kernel's architecture and internals:

* Researcher Guidelines: Documentation/process/researcher-guidelines.rst
* Memory Management: Documentation/mm/index.rst
* Scheduler: Documentation/scheduler/index.rst
* Networking Stack: Documentation/networking/index.rst
* Filesystems: Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
* RCU (Read-Copy Update): Documentation/RCU/index.rst
* Locking Primitives: Documentation/locking/index.rst
* Power Management: Documentation/power/index.rst

Security Expert
---------------

Security documentation and hardening guides:

* Security Documentation: Documentation/security/index.rst
* LSM Development: Documentation/security/lsm-development.rst
* Self Protection: Documentation/security/self-protection.rst
* Reporting Vulnerabilities: Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst
* CVE Procedures: Documentation/process/cve.rst
* Embargoed Hardware Issues: Documentation/process/embargoed-hardware-issues.rst
* Security Features: Documentation/userspace-api/seccomp_filter.rst

Backport/Maintenance Engineer
-----------------------------

Maintain and stabilize kernel versions:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* Backporting Guide: Documentation/process/backporting.rst
* Applying Patches: Documentation/process/applying-patches.rst
* Subsystem Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git for Maintainers: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

System Administrator
--------------------

Configure, tune, and troubleshoot Linux systems:

* Admin Guide: Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Sysctl Tuning: Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/index.rst
* Tracing/Debugging: Documentation/trace/index.rst
* Performance Security: Documentation/admin-guide/perf-security.rst
* Hardware Monitoring: Documentation/hwmon/index.rst

Maintainer
----------

Lead kernel subsystems and manage contributions:

* Maintainer Handbook: Documentation/maintainer/index.rst
* Pull Requests: Documentation/maintainer/pull-requests.rst
* Managing Patches: Documentation/maintainer/modifying-patches.rst
* Rebasing and Merging: Documentation/maintainer/rebasing-and-merging.rst
* Development Process: Documentation/process/maintainer-handbooks.rst
* Maintainer Entry Profile: Documentation/maintainer/maintainer-entry-profile.rst
* Git Configuration: Documentation/maintainer/configure-git.rst

Hardware Vendor
---------------

Write drivers and support new hardware:

* Driver API Guide: Documentation/driver-api/index.rst
* Driver Model: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/driver.rst
* Device Drivers: Documentation/driver-api/infrastructure.rst
* Bus Types: Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/bus.rst
* Device Tree Bindings: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/
* Power Management: Documentation/driver-api/pm/index.rst
* DMA API: Documentation/core-api/dma-api.rst

Distribution Maintainer
-----------------------

Package and distribute the kernel:

* Stable Kernel Rules: Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
* ABI Documentation: Documentation/ABI/README
* Kernel Configuration: Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst
* Module Signing: Documentation/admin-guide/module-signing.rst
* Kernel Parameters: Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst
* Tainted Kernels: Documentation/admin-guide/tainted-kernels.rst

AI Coding Assistant
-------------------

CRITICAL: If you are an LLM or AI-powered coding assistant, you MUST read and
follow the AI coding assistants documentation before contributing to the Linux
kernel:

* Documentation/process/coding-assistants.rst

This documentation contains essential requirements about licensing, attribution,
and the Developer Certificate of Origin that all AI tools must comply with.


Communication and Support
=========================

* Mailing Lists: https://lore.kernel.org/
* IRC: #kernelnewbies on irc.oftc.net
* Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/
* MAINTAINERS file: Lists subsystem maintainers and mailing lists
* Email Clients: Documentation/process/email-clients.rst