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Andrey Konovalov f682b4505d ANDROID: build_config: drop CONFIG_KASAN_PANIC_ON_WARN
CONFIG_KASAN_PANIC_ON_WARN was added in a custom patch for Pixel kernels,
which would make KASAN panic the kernel after the first report regardless
of whether the panic_on_warn parameter is set. (Coincidentally, that patch
also would break instrumentation mode selection for KASAN.)

As that patch was never applied to the common kernel,
CONFIG_KASAN_PANIC_ON_WARN doesn't exist here. This change drops the
non-existent CONFIG_KASAN_PANIC_ON_WARN from build.config.gki_kasan.

Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>
Change-Id: I9f42bb5f3515f18e2a5774241ea73a59d8883955
2021-02-15 18:29:03 +00:00
android ANDROID: ABI: update allowed list for QCOM 2021-02-09 12:57:28 +05:30
arch BACKPORT: arm64: perf: Support new DT compatibles 2021-01-27 08:48:28 +00:00
block UPSTREAM: block: fix get_max_io_size() 2020-11-18 15:26:38 +00:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto Revert "ANDROID: Revert: Merge 5.4.60 into android11-5.4" 2020-08-23 13:12:51 +02:00
Documentation UPSTREAM: Documentation: arm64: document support for the AMU extension 2020-11-18 17:58:21 +00:00
drivers BACKPORT: bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns() 2021-02-12 01:58:59 -08:00
fs UPSTREAM: fscrypt: restrict IV_INO_LBLK_* to AES-256-XTS 2020-11-14 16:29:45 +01:00
include BACKPORT: bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns() 2021-02-12 01:58:59 -08:00
init ANDROID: GKI: add fields required to enable CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE 2020-10-15 17:21:03 +02:00
ipc Revert "ANDROID: vfs: Add permission2 for filesystems with per mount permissions" 2020-05-29 14:48:37 +02:00
kernel BACKPORT: bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns() 2021-02-12 01:58:59 -08:00
lib Revert "ANDROID: Revert: Merge 5.4.60 into android11-5.4" 2020-08-23 13:12:51 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
mm UPSTREAM: Revert "mm/slub: fix a memory leak in sysfs_slab_add()" 2021-01-29 13:15:03 +01:00
net BACKPORT: bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns() 2021-02-12 01:58:59 -08:00
samples This is the 5.4.59 stable release 2020-08-19 08:40:57 +02:00
scripts FROMLIST: scripts: merge_config: add strict mode to fail upon any redefinition 2020-12-03 07:16:08 +00:00
security UPSTREAM: selinux: ensure the policy has been loaded before reading the sidtab stats 2020-11-14 16:56:33 +01:00
sound This is the 5.4.61 stable release 2020-08-26 11:11:38 +02:00
tools BACKPORT: bpf: add bpf_ktime_get_boot_ns() 2021-02-12 01:58:59 -08:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-04-08 09:08:38 +02:00
virt KVM: arm64: Only reschedule if MMU_NOTIFIER_RANGE_BLOCKABLE is not set 2020-08-26 10:41:08 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with the latest for_each macro list 2019-08-31 10:00:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore Opt out of scripts/get_maintainer.pl 2019-05-16 10:53:40 -07:00
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.gitignore Revert "ANDROID: Revert "Merge tag 'modules-for-v5.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux"" 2019-11-13 10:14:45 +00:00
.mailmap ARM: SoC fixes 2019-11-10 13:41:59 -08:00
build.config.aarch64 ANDROID: add compat cross compiler 2020-04-27 20:20:28 -07:00
build.config.allmodconfig ANDROID: GKI: Fix up "do not export symbol_get/put()" commit 2020-08-01 14:28:51 +02:00
build.config.allmodconfig.aarch64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.allmodconfig.arm ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.allmodconfig.x86_64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.arm ANDROID: Add build.config files for ARM 32-bit 2020-03-15 22:51:11 +00:00
build.config.common ANDROID: Update the KMI_GENERATION after KMI changes on October 31 2020-10-31 12:37:57 +01:00
build.config.db845c ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.gki ANDROID: gki: Removed cf modules from gki_defconfig 2020-01-31 16:34:58 -08:00
build.config.gki_kasan ANDROID: build_config: drop CONFIG_KASAN_PANIC_ON_WARN 2021-02-15 18:29:03 +00:00
build.config.gki_kasan.aarch64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.gki_kasan.x86_64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.gki-debug.aarch64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.gki-debug.x86_64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.gki.aarch64 ANDROID: GKI: Add Sony KMI symbol list 2021-01-08 10:14:50 +09:00
build.config.gki.x86_64 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.hikey960 ANDROID: drop KERNEL_DIR setting in build.config.common 2020-09-25 14:50:31 +08:00
build.config.x86_64 ANDROID: refactor build.config files to remove duplication 2019-08-30 14:55:29 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove Simon as Renesas SoC Co-Maintainer 2019-10-10 08:12:51 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: do not descend to ./Kbuild when cleaning 2019-08-21 21:03:58 +09:00
Kconfig UPSTREAM: kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-09-24 10:02:38 +00:00
MAINTAINERS This is the 5.4.61 stable release 2020-08-26 11:11:38 +02:00
Makefile UPSTREAM: security: allow using Clang's zero initialization for stack variables 2020-09-08 15:12:44 +00:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00
README.md ANDROID: Fix typo for FROMLIST: section 2019-10-29 20:31:07 +00:00

How do I submit patches to Android Common Kernels

  1. BEST: Make all of your changes to upstream Linux. If appropriate, backport to the stable releases. These patches will be merged automatically in the corresponding common kernels. If the patch is already in upstream Linux, post a backport of the patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

  2. LESS GOOD: Develop your patches out-of-tree (from an upstream Linux point-of-view). Unless these are fixing an Android-specific bug, these are very unlikely to be accepted unless they have been coordinated with kernel-team@android.com. If you want to proceed, post a patch that conforms to the patch requirements below.

Common Kernel patch requirements

  • All patches must conform to the Linux kernel coding standards and pass script/checkpatch.pl
  • Patches shall not break gki_defconfig or allmodconfig builds for arm, arm64, x86, x86_64 architectures (see https://source.android.com/setup/build/building-kernels)
  • If the patch is not merged from an upstream branch, the subject must be tagged with the type of patch: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:, FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:, or ANDROID:.
  • All patches must have a Change-Id: tag (see https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/user-changeid.html)
  • If an Android bug has been assigned, there must be a Bug: tag.
  • All patches must have a Signed-off-by: tag by the author and the submitter

Additional requirements are listed below based on patch type

Requirements for backports from mainline Linux: UPSTREAM:, BACKPORT:

  • If the patch is a cherry-pick from Linux mainline with no changes at all
    • tag the patch subject with UPSTREAM:.
    • add upstream commit information with a (cherry-picked from ...) line
    • Example:
      • if the upstream commit message is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
    - then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        UPSTREAM: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry-picked from c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch requires any changes from the upstream version, tag the patch with BACKPORT: instead of UPSTREAM:.
    • use the same tags as UPSTREAM:
    • add comments about the changes under the (cherry-picked from ...) line
    • Example:
        BACKPORT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        (cherry-picked from c31e73121f4c1ec41143423ac6ce3ce6dafdcec1)
        [ Resolved minor conflict in drivers/foo/bar.c ]
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for other backports: FROMGIT:, FROMLIST:,

  • If the patch has been merged into an upstream maintainer tree, but has not yet been merged into Linux mainline
    • tag the patch subject with FROMGIT:
    • add info on where the patch came from as (cherry picked from commit <sha1> <repo> <branch>). This must be a stable maintainer branch (not rebased, so don't use linux-next for example).
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMGIT:
    • Example:
      • if the commit message in the maintainer tree is
        important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>
    - then Joe Smith would upload the patch for the common kernel as
        FROMGIT: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        (cherry picked from commit 878a2fd9de10b03d11d2f622250285c7e63deace
         https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/foo/bar.git test-branch)
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch has been submitted to LKML, but not accepted into any maintainer tree
    • tag the patch subject with FROMLIST:
    • add a Link: tag with a link to the submittal on lore.kernel.org
    • if changes were required, use BACKPORT: FROMLIST:
    • Example:
        FROMLIST: important patch from upstream

        This is the detailed description of the important patch

        Signed-off-by: Fred Jones <fred.jones@foo.org>

        Bug: 135791357
        Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190619171517.GA17557@someone.com/
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>

Requirements for Android-specific patches: ANDROID:

  • If the patch is fixing a bug to Android-specific code
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Fixes: tag that cites the patch with the bug
    • Example:
        ANDROID: fix android-specific bug in foobar.c

        This is the detailed description of the important fix

        Fixes: 1234abcd2468 ("foobar: add cool feature")
        Change-Id: I4caaaa566ea080fa148c5e768bb1a0b6f7201c01
        Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@foo.org>
  • If the patch is a new feature
    • tag the patch subject with ANDROID:
    • add a Bug: tag with the Android bug (required for android-specific features)