kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/Documentation/kernel-hacking, branch master

Documentation: locking.rst: update deprecated function

2026-06-30T20:04:28+00:00

replace strcpy() with strscpy() as suggested in deprecated.rst Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260531175452.272136-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>

docs: kernel-hacking: fix typo

2026-06-30T19:29:54+00:00

'GP_KERNEL' -> 'GFP_KERNEL' Remove trailing '`' without clear purpose Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner Reviewed-by: SJ Park Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260629152912.86500-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>

Documentation: adopt new coding style of type-aware kmalloc-family

2026-05-03T14:54:21+00:00

Update the documentation to reflect new type-aware kmalloc-family as suggested in commit 2932ba8d9c99 ("slab: Introduce kmalloc_obj() and family") ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp); -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); ptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct some_obj_name), gfp); -> ptr = kmalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); ptr = kzalloc(sizeof(*ptr), gfp); -> ptr = kzalloc_obj(*ptr, gfp); ptr = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp); -> ptr = kmalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); ptr = kcalloc(count, sizeof(*ptr), gfp); -> ptr = kzalloc_objs(*ptr, count, gfp); Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner Acked-by: SeongJae Park Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260429071445.309733-2-manuelebner@mailbox.org>

Documentation: kernel-hacking: Remove :c:func: annotations

2026-01-06T22:15:15+00:00

Remove the useless :c:func: annotations. Suggested-by: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251222232506.2615-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

Documentation: kernel-hacking: Convert internal links

2026-01-06T22:08:43+00:00

Convert internal cross-references in "Putting Your Stuff in the kernel" section from inline code to internal links. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-4-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

Documentation: kernel-hacking: Do not italicize EXPORT_SYMBOL{,_GPL}() references

2026-01-06T22:08:43+00:00

Do not italicize EXPORT_SYMBOL() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() references in EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL() subsections. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-3-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

Documentation: kernel-hacking: Remove current macro annotation

2026-01-06T22:08:43+00:00

Remove unneeded :c:macro: annotation of current macro. Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251223035254.22894-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com>

Documentation: kernel-hacking: Remove comma

2025-12-22T21:40:24+00:00

The comma is wrong, remove it. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20251219171827.44015-2-thorsten.blum@linux.dev>

docs/licensing: Clarify wording about "GPL" and "Proprietary"

2024-11-22T17:44:25+00:00

There are currently some doubts about out-of-tree kernel modules licensed under GPLv3 and if they are supposed to be able to use symbols exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL. Clarify that "Proprietary" means anything non-GPL2 even though the license might be an open source license. Also disambiguate "GPL compatible" to "GPLv2 compatible". Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241115103842.585207-2-ukleinek@kernel.org

fix grammar on false-sharing.rst

2024-10-14T19:22:17+00:00

Fix slight grammar mistake on kernel-hacking/false-sharing.rst Signed-off-by: Vishnu Sanal T Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241007191253.112697-2-t.v.s10123@gmail.com