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Documentation: move dev-tools debugging files to process/debugging/

PATCH Applied Randy Dunlap 2 participants 2 messages Dec 10, 2024 – Dec 17, 2024

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PATCH v3 1/1 Documentation: move dev-tools debugging files to process/debugging/

Move gdb and kgdb debugging documentation to the dedicated debugging directory (Documentation/process/debugging/). Adjust the index.rst files to follow the file movement. Adjust files that refer to these moved files to follow the file movement. Update location of kgdb.rst in MAINTAINERS file.
Add a link from dev-tools/index to process/debugging/index.

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v3: add link to process/debugging/index from dev-tools/index.

@Andrew, please drop v2 of this patch.

 Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst                                 | 4 ++--
 Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst                                    | 5 +++--
 .../{dev-tools => process/debugging}/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst        | 0
 Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst                            | 2 ++
 Documentation/{dev-tools => process/debugging}/kgdb.rst              | 0
 MAINTAINERS                                                          | 2 +-
 include/linux/tty_driver.h                                           | 2 +-
 lib/Kconfig.debug                                                    | 2 +-
 lib/Kconfig.kgdb                                                     | 2 +-
 9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst +2 -2
index f2bebff6a733..eb9452668909 100644
@@ -356,5 +356,5 @@ instructions at 'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst'.
 
 Hints on understanding kernel bug reports are in
 'Documentation/admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst'. More on debugging the kernel
-with gdb is in 'Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst' and
-'Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst'.
+with gdb is in 'Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst' and
+'Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst'.
Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst +3 -2
index 3c0ac08b2709..65c54b27a60b 100644
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ whole; patches welcome!
 A brief overview of testing-specific tools can be found in
 Documentation/dev-tools/testing-overview.rst
 
+Tools that are specific to debugging can be found in
+Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst
+
 .. toctree::
    :caption: Table of contents
    :maxdepth: 2
@@ -27,8 +30,6 @@ Documentation/dev-tools/testing-overview.rst
    kmemleak
    kcsan
    kfence
-   gdb-kernel-debugging
-   kgdb
    kselftest
    kunit/index
    ktap
Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst renamed from Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst +0 -0
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
rename to Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
Documentation/process/debugging/index.rst +2 -0
index f6e4a00dfee3..387d33d16f5e 100644
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ general guides
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    driver_development_debugging_guide
+   gdb-kernel-debugging
+   kgdb
    userspace_debugging_guide
 
 .. only::  subproject and html
Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst renamed from Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst +0 -0
similarity index 100%
rename from Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
rename to Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst
MAINTAINERS +1 -1
index 1e930c7a58b1..1753fe792d04 100644
@@ -12809,7 +12809,7 @@ L:	[email protected]
 S:	Maintained
 W:	http://kgdb.wiki.kernel.org/
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jwessel/kgdb.git
-F:	Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
+F:	Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst
 F:	drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
 F:	drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
 F:	include/linux/kdb.h
include/linux/tty_driver.h +1 -1
index dd4b31ce6d5d..d4cdc089f6c3 100644
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ struct serial_struct;
  *
  * @poll_init: ``int ()(struct tty_driver *driver, int line, char *options)``
  *
- *	kgdboc support (Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst). This routine is
+ *	kgdboc support (Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst). This routine is
  *	called to initialize the HW for later use by calling @poll_get_char or
  *	@poll_put_char.
  *
lib/Kconfig.debug +1 -1
index f3d723705879..d2cf74cbbe70 100644
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ config GDB_SCRIPTS
 	  build directory. If you load vmlinux into gdb, the helper
 	  scripts will be automatically imported by gdb as well, and
 	  additional functions are available to analyze a Linux kernel
-	  instance. See Documentation/dev-tools/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
+	  instance. See Documentation/process/debugging/gdb-kernel-debugging.rst
 	  for further details.
 
 endif # DEBUG_INFO
lib/Kconfig.kgdb +1 -1
index 537e1b3f5734..8336b1a489a3 100644
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ menuconfig KGDB
 	  CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER to aid in producing more reliable stack
 	  backtraces in the external debugger.  Documentation of
 	  kernel debugger is available at http://kgdb.sourceforge.net
-	  as well as in Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst.  If
+	  as well as in Documentation/process/debugging/kgdb.rst.  If
 	  unsure, say N.
 
 if KGDB
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Quoted 27 lines · Randy Dunlap

Move gdb and kgdb debugging documentation to the dedicated debugging directory (Documentation/process/debugging/). Adjust the index.rst files to follow the file movement. Adjust files that refer to these moved files to follow the file movement. Update location of kgdb.rst in MAINTAINERS file.
Add a link from dev-tools/index to process/debugging/index.

Note: translations are not updated.

Quoted 1 line

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Applied, thanks.

jon