linux/Documentation/dev-tools
Marco Elver 5b63d0ae94 compiler-context-analysis: Remove Sparse support
Remove Sparse support as discussed at [1].

The kernel codebase is still scattered with numerous places that try to
appease Sparse's context tracking ("annotation for sparse", "fake out
sparse", "work around sparse", etc.). Eventually, as more subsystems
enable Clang's context analysis, these places will show up and need
adjustment or removal of the workarounds altogether.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250207083335.GW7145@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z6XTKTo_LMj9KmbY@elver.google.com/ [2]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251219154418.3592607-24-elver@google.com
2026-01-05 16:43:33 +01:00
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kunit Documentation: kunit: add description of kunit.enable parameter 2025-10-27 11:16:09 -06:00
lkmm docs: dev-tools/lkmm: Fix typo of missing file extension 2025-09-21 16:22:09 -06:00
autofdo.rst Documentation: dev-tools: Fix a typo in autofdo documentation 2025-09-03 15:44:14 -06:00
checkpatch.rst There are no significant series in this small merge. Please see the 2025-12-13 20:55:12 +12:00
checkuapi.rst docs: dev-tools: Add UAPI checker documentation 2023-12-29 22:25:21 +09:00
clang-format.rst Docs: Move clang-format from process/ to dev-tools/ 2024-06-26 16:36:00 -06:00
coccinelle.rst kbuild: change working directory to external module directory with M= 2024-11-28 08:10:23 +09:00
context-analysis.rst locking/ww_mutex: Support Clang's context analysis 2026-01-05 16:43:32 +01:00
gcov.rst docs: gcov: fix link to LCOV website 2024-10-07 11:50:54 -06:00
gpio-sloppy-logic-analyzer.rst gpio: add sloppy logic analyzer using polling 2024-07-01 10:54:11 +02:00
index.rst Documentation: Add documentation for Compiler-Based Context Analysis 2026-01-05 16:43:27 +01:00
kasan.rst kasan/hw-tags: introduce kasan.write_only option 2025-09-21 14:22:10 -07:00
kcov.rst kcov: load acquire coverage count in user-space code 2025-09-13 17:32:44 -07:00
kcsan.rst Documentation: kcsan: fix "Plain Accesses and Data Races" URL in kcsan.rst 2025-03-12 16:34:55 -06:00
kfence.rst kfence: introduce burst mode 2024-09-01 20:26:03 -07:00
kmemleak.rst kmemleak: iommu/iova: fix transient kmemleak false positive 2024-11-11 17:22:26 -08:00
kmsan.rst docs/dev-tools: fix a typo 2024-10-17 09:39:19 -06:00
kselftest.rst printf: convert self-test to KUnit 2025-03-13 10:26:33 -07:00
ktap.rst Documentation: ktap: Separate first bullet list items 2025-08-18 10:28:44 -06:00
propeller.rst kbuild: Add Propeller configuration for kernel build 2024-11-27 09:38:27 +09:00
sparse.rst compiler-context-analysis: Remove Sparse support 2026-01-05 16:43:33 +01:00
testing-devices.rst docs: dev-tools: Add documentation for the device focused kselftests 2024-10-14 16:15:13 -06:00
testing-overview.rst Documentation: dev-tools: Add link to RV docs 2024-03-29 08:27:21 -06:00
ubsan.rst ubsan: Remove CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL 2024-02-06 02:21:38 -08:00