linux-next/tools
Chuck Lever 4b132aacb0 tools: Add xdrgen
Add a Python-based tool for translating XDR specifications into XDR
encoder and decoder functions written in the Linux kernel's C coding
style. The generator attempts to match the usual C coding style of
the Linux kernel's SunRPC consumers.

This approach is similar to the netlink code generator in
tools/net/ynl .

The maintainability benefits of machine-generated XDR code include:

- Stronger type checking
- Reduces the number of bugs introduced by human error
- Makes the XDR code easier to audit and analyze
- Enables rapid prototyping of new RPC-based protocols
- Hardens the layering between protocol logic and marshaling
- Makes it easier to add observability on demand
- Unit tests might be built for both the tool and (automatically)
  for the generated code

In addition, converting the XDR layer to use memory-safe languages
such as Rust will be easier if much of the code can be converted
automatically.

Tested-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
2024-09-20 19:31:39 -04:00
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accounting
arch tools/include: Sync arm64 headers with the kernel sources 2024-08-07 10:59:07 -07:00
bootconfig
bpf tools/resolve_btfids: Fix comparison of distinct pointer types warning in resolve_btfids 2024-07-22 16:35:30 +02:00
build Another perf tools fixes for v6.11 2024-07-30 19:22:41 -07:00
certs
cgroup proc: rewrite stable_page_flags() 2024-04-25 20:56:15 -07:00
counter
crypto crypto: ccp - Update return values for some unit tests 2024-02-24 08:41:20 +08:00
debugging
firewire
firmware
gpio gpio: add sloppy logic analyzer using polling 2024-07-01 10:54:11 +02:00
hv tools: hv: suppress the invalid warning for packed member alignment 2024-05-28 05:27:35 +00:00
iio
include tools/include: Sync filesystem headers with the kernel sources 2024-08-07 10:59:07 -07:00
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib bitmap-6.11-rc1 2024-07-26 09:50:36 -07:00
memory-model kcsan: Add __data_racy documentation and module description 2024-07-15 15:44:40 -07:00
mm tools/mm: introduce a tool to assess swap entry allocation for thp_swapout 2024-07-10 12:14:51 -07:00
net tools: Add xdrgen 2024-09-20 19:31:39 -04:00
objtool - 875fa64577da ("mm/hugetlb_vmemmap: fix race with speculative PFN 2024-07-21 17:15:46 -07:00
pci
pcmcia
perf perf daemon: Fix the build on 32-bit architectures 2024-08-09 19:36:20 -07:00
power turbostat release 2024.07.26 2024-07-28 10:52:15 -07:00
rcu tools/rcu: Add rcu-updaters.sh script 2024-06-06 11:44:42 -07:00
scripts treewide: remove meaningless assignments in Makefiles 2024-02-23 14:19:07 -08:00
sound ASoC: dapm-graph: new tool to visualize DAPM state 2024-04-21 09:58:17 +09:00
spi
testing IOMMU Fixes for Linux v6.11-rc5 2024-08-31 06:11:34 +12:00
thermal
time
tracing rtla/osnoise: Prevent NULL dereference in error handling 2024-08-09 13:03:15 -04:00
usb
verification tools/verification: Use pkg-config in lib_setup of Makefile.config 2024-07-17 13:14:51 -07:00
virtio tools/virtio: creating pipe assertion in vringh_test 2024-07-04 11:00:31 -04:00
wmi
workqueue workqueue: remove unnecessary import and function in wq_monitor.py 2024-03-25 10:11:32 -10:00
writeback writeback: add wb_monitor.py script to monitor writeback info on bdi 2024-05-05 17:53:51 -07:00
Makefile tools/Makefile: remove cgroup target 2024-03-26 11:07:21 -07:00