[PATCH nolibc 0/18] nolibc updates for v6.1

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Wed Aug 31 2022 - 14:25:42 EST


Hello!

This series provides nolibc updates for v6.1, most notably greatly
improved testing in tools/testing/selftests/nolibc. See "make help"
for details.

1. make argc 32-bit in riscv startup code, courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

2. Optionally flush printk() buffers before powering off.

3. Use the barrier operation specified by cur_ops, courtesy of
Zqiang.

4. fix build warning in sys_mmap() when my_syscall6 is not defined,
courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

5. make sys_mmap() automatically use the right __NR_mmap definition,
courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

6. add basic infrastructure to ease creation of nolibc tests,
courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

7. support a test definition format, courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

8. implement a few tests for various syscalls, courtesy of Willy
Tarreau.

9. add a few tests for some libc functions, courtesy of Willy
Tarreau.

10. exit with poweroff on success when getpid() == 1, courtesy of
Willy Tarreau.

11. on x86, support exiting with isa-debug-exit, courtesy of Willy
Tarreau.

12. recreate and populate /dev and /proc if missing, courtesy of
Willy Tarreau.

13. condition some tests on /proc existence, courtesy of Willy
Tarreau.

14. support glibc as well, courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

15. add a "kernel" target to build the kernel with the initramfs,
courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

16. add a "defconfig" target, courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

17. add a "run" target to start the kernel in QEMU, courtesy of
Willy Tarreau.

18. "sysroot" target installs a local copy of the sysroot, courtesy
of Willy Tarreau.

19. add a "help" target, courtesy of Willy Tarreau.

20. Avoid generated files being committed, courtesy of Fernanda
Ma'rouf.

Thanx, Paul

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b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6
b/MAINTAINERS | 1
b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 4
b/kernel/torture.c | 7
b/tools/include/nolibc/arch-riscv.h | 2
b/tools/include/nolibc/sys.h | 2
b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/.gitignore | 4
b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 43 ++
b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 395 ++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/include/nolibc/sys.h | 2
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 98 +++++
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/nolibc-test.c | 376 ++++++++++++++++++++
12 files changed, 925 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)