8 files changed, 41 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
index 4a276ea7001c..96b690348ba1 100644
--- a/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/coccinelle.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ as a regular user, and install it with
 
         sudo make install
 
+The semantic patches in the kernel will work best with Coccinelle version
+0.2.4 or later.  Using earlier versions may incur some parse errors in the
+semantic patch code, but any results that are obtained should still be
+correct.
 
  Using Coccinelle on the Linux kernel
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
index 5b9b1be6fde2..b507d61fd41c 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ separate list of options.
 
 choices:
 
-        "choice"
+        "choice" [symbol]
         <choice options>
         <choice block>
         "endchoice"
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ single driver can be compiled/loaded into the kernel, but all drivers
 can be compiled as modules.
 A choice accepts another option "optional", which allows to set the
 choice to 'n' and no entry needs to be selected.
+If no [symbol] is associated with a choice, then you can not have multiple
+definitions of that choice. If a [symbol] is associated to the choice,
+then you may define the same choice (ie. with the same entries) in another
+place.
 
 comment:
 
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index c5d5db54c009..e2741d23bab8 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ pnmtologo
 bin2c
 unifdef
 ihex2fw
+recordmcount
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/doubleinit.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/doubleinit.cocci
index 55d7dc19dfe0..156b20adb351 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/doubleinit.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/doubleinit.cocci
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Copyright: (C) 2010 Julia Lawall, DIKU.  GPLv2.
 // Copyright: (C) 2010 Gilles Muller, INRIA/LiP6.  GPLv2.
 // URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
-// Comments:
+// Comments: requires at least Coccinelle 0.2.4, lex or parse error otherwise
 // Options: -no_includes -include_headers
 
 virtual org
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ position p0,p;
 expression E;
 @@
 
-struct I s =@p0 { ... .fld@p = E, ...};
+struct I s =@p0 { ..., .fld@p = E, ...};
 
 @s@
 identifier I, s, r.fld;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ position r.p0,p;
 expression E;
 @@
 
-struct I s =@p0 { ... .fld@p = E, ...};
+struct I s =@p0 { ..., .fld@p = E, ...};
 
 @script:python depends on org@
 p0 << r.p0;
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci
index 9969d76d0f4b..cdac6cfcce92 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/null/deref_null.cocci
@@ -11,21 +11,10 @@
 // Options:
 
 virtual context
-virtual patch
 virtual org
 virtual report
 
-@initialize:python depends on !context && patch && !org && !report@
-
-import sys
-print >> sys.stderr, "This semantic patch does not support the 'patch' mode."
-
-@depends on patch@
-@@
-
-this_rule_should_never_matches();
-
-@ifm depends on !patch@
+@ifm@
 expression *E;
 statement S1,S2;
 position p1;
@@ -35,7 +24,7 @@ if@p1 ((E == NULL && ...) || ...) S1 else S2
 
 // The following two rules are separate, because both can match a single
 // expression in different ways
-@pr1 depends on !patch expression@
+@pr1 expression@
 expression *ifm.E;
 identifier f;
 position p1;
@@ -43,7 +32,7 @@ position p1;
 
  (E != NULL && ...) ? <+...E->f@p1...+> : ...
 
-@pr2 depends on !patch expression@
+@pr2 expression@
 expression *ifm.E;
 identifier f;
 position p2;
@@ -59,7 +48,7 @@ position p2;
 
 // For org and report modes
 
-@r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report) exists@
+@r depends on !context && (org || report) exists@
 expression subE <= ifm.E;
 expression *ifm.E;
 expression E1,E2;
@@ -99,7 +88,7 @@ if@p1 ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
 }
 else S3
 
-@script:python depends on !context && !patch && !org && report@
+@script:python depends on !context && !org && report@
 p << r.p;
 p1 << ifm.p1;
 x << ifm.E;
@@ -109,7 +98,7 @@ msg="ERROR: %s is NULL but dereferenced." % (x)
 coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
 cocci.include_match(False)
 
-@script:python depends on !context && !patch && org && !report@
+@script:python depends on !context && org && !report@
 p << r.p;
 p1 << ifm.p1;
 x << ifm.E;
@@ -120,7 +109,7 @@ msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")")
 cocci.print_main(msg_safe,p)
 cocci.include_match(False)
 
-@s depends on !context && !patch && (org || report) exists@
+@s depends on !context && (org || report) exists@
 expression subE <= ifm.E;
 expression *ifm.E;
 expression E1,E2;
@@ -159,7 +148,7 @@ if@p1 ((E == NULL && ...) || ...)
 }
 else S3
 
-@script:python depends on !context && !patch && !org && report@
+@script:python depends on !context && !org && report@
 p << s.p;
 p1 << ifm.p1;
 x << ifm.E;
@@ -168,7 +157,7 @@ x << ifm.E;
 msg="ERROR: %s is NULL but dereferenced." % (x)
 coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)
 
-@script:python depends on !context && !patch && org && !report@
+@script:python depends on !context && org && !report@
 p << s.p;
 p1 << ifm.p1;
 x << ifm.E;
@@ -180,7 +169,7 @@ cocci.print_main(msg_safe,p)
 
 // For context mode
 
-@depends on context && !patch && !org && !report exists@
+@depends on context && !org && !report exists@
 expression subE <= ifm.E;
 expression *ifm.E;
 expression E1,E2;
@@ -223,7 +212,7 @@ else S3
 // The following three rules are duplicates of ifm, pr1 and pr2 respectively.
 // It is need because the previous rule as already made a "change".
 
-@ifm1 depends on !patch@
+@ifm1@
 expression *E;
 statement S1,S2;
 position p1;
@@ -231,7 +220,7 @@ position p1;
 
 if@p1 ((E == NULL && ...) || ...) S1 else S2
 
-@pr11 depends on !patch expression@
+@pr11 expression@
 expression *ifm1.E;
 identifier f;
 position p1;
@@ -239,7 +228,7 @@ position p1;
 
  (E != NULL && ...) ? <+...E->f@p1...+> : ...
 
-@pr12 depends on !patch expression@
+@pr12 expression@
 expression *ifm1.E;
 identifier f;
 position p2;
@@ -253,7 +242,7 @@ position p2;
  sizeof(<+...E->f@p2...+>)
 )
 
-@depends on context && !patch && !org && !report exists@
+@depends on context && !org && !report exists@
 expression subE <= ifm1.E;
 expression *ifm1.E;
 expression E1,E2;
diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index 608d7fdb13e8..a7c7c4b8e957 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ commands:
         --enable|-e option   Enable option
         --disable|-d option  Disable option
         --module|-m option   Turn option into a module
-        --set-str option value
-                             Set option to "value"
+        --set-str option string
+                             Set option to "string"
+        --set-val option value
+                             Set option to value
         --state|-s option    Print state of option (n,y,m,undef)
 
         --enable-after|-E beforeopt option
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
                 B=$ARG
                 shift 2
                 ;;
-        --*)
+        -*)
                 checkarg "$1"
                 shift
                 ;;
@@ -109,6 +111,11 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
                 shift
                 ;;
 
+        --set-val)
+                set_var "CONFIG_$ARG" "CONFIG_$ARG=$1"
+                shift
+                ;;
+
         --state|-s)
                 if grep -q "# CONFIG_$ARG is not set" $FN ; then
                         echo n
diff --git a/scripts/headers_check.pl b/scripts/headers_check.pl
index 50d6cfd1fa77..7957e7a5166a 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_check.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_check.pl
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ sub check_include
 
 sub check_declarations
 {
-        if ($line =~m/^\s*extern\b/) {
+        if ($line =~m/^(\s*extern|unsigned|char|short|int|long|void)\b/) {
                 printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: " .
-                              "userspace cannot call function or variable " .
-                              "defined in the kernel\n";
+                              "userspace cannot reference function or " .
+                              "variable defined in the kernel\n";
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
index bbbe584d4494..92fdc4546141 100755
--- a/scripts/tags.sh
+++ b/scripts/tags.sh
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ exuberant()
         -I ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp                \
         -I EXPORT_SYMBOL,EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL                      \
         -I DEFINE_TRACE,EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL,EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL \
-        --extra=+f --c-kinds=-px                                \
+        --extra=+f --c-kinds=+px                                \
         --regex-asm='/^ENTRY\(([^)]*)\).*/\1/'                  \
         --regex-c='/^SYSCALL_DEFINE[[:digit:]]?\(([^,)]*).*/sys_\1/' \
         --regex-c++='/^TRACE_EVENT\(([^,)]*).*/trace_\1/'               \