linux-kernel - [PATCH] kcov: improve CONFIG_ARCH_HAS

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Message-Id: <20190412102733.5154-1-mark.rutland@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Apr 2019 11:27:33 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kcov: improve CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV help text

The help text for CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV is stale, and describes the
feature as being enabled only for x86_64, when it is now enabled for
several architectures, including arm, arm64, powerpc, and s390.

Let's remove that stale help text, and update it along the lines of hat
for ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE, better describing when an architecture
should select CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
---
 lib/Kconfig.debug | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 0d9e81779e37..00dbcdbc9a0d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -753,9 +753,9 @@ endmenu # "Memory Debugging"
 config ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	bool
 	help
-	  KCOV does not have any arch-specific code, but currently it is enabled
-	  only for x86_64. KCOV requires testing on other archs, and most likely
-	  disabling of instrumentation for some early boot code.
+	  An architecture should select this when it can successfully
+	  build and run with CONFIG_KCOV. This typically requires
+	  disabling instrumentation for some early boot code.
 
 config CC_HAS_SANCOV_TRACE_PC
 	def_bool $(cc-option,-fsanitize-coverage=trace-pc)
-- 
2.11.0