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authorArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2020-08-06 14:15:47 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2020-08-06 14:15:47 +0300
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Mgerge remote-tracking branch 'torvalds/master' into perf/core
To sync headers, for instance, in this case tools/perf was ahead of upstream till Linus merged tip/perf/core to get the PERF_RECORD_TEXT_POKE changes: Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h' differs from latest version at 'include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h' diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sparse is a semantic checker for C programs; it can be used to find a
number of potential problems with kernel code. See
https://lwn.net/Articles/689907/ for an overview of sparse; this document
contains some kernel-specific sparse information.
+More information on sparse, mainly about its internals, can be found in
+its official pages at https://sparse.docs.kernel.org.
Using sparse for typechecking
@@ -73,8 +75,8 @@ sparse would otherwise report a context imbalance.
Getting sparse
--------------
-You can get latest released versions from the Sparse homepage at
-https://sparse.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
+You can get tarballs of the latest released versions from:
+https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/devel/sparse/dist/
Alternatively, you can get snapshots of the latest development version
of sparse using git to clone::