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Minimum version of binutils required to compile the kernel is 2.25. This version correctly handles the "lock" prefix, so it is possible to remove the semicolon, which was used to support ancient versions of GNU as. Due to the semicolon, the compiler considers "lock; insn" as two separate instructions. Removing the semicolon makes asm length calculations more accurate, consequently making scheduling and inlining decisions of the compiler more accurate. Removing the semicolon also enables assembler checks involving lock prefix. Trying to assemble e.g. "lock andl %eax, %ebx" results in: Error: expecting lockable instruction after `lock' Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250228090058.2499163-1-ubizjak@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.