linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] kcsan: Cleanup of main KCSAN Kconfig option

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Date:   Tue,  4 Feb 2020 18:21:12 +0100
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com
Cc:     paulmck@...nel.org, andreyknvl@...gle.com, glider@...gle.com,
        dvyukov@...gle.com, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] kcsan: Cleanup of main KCSAN Kconfig option

This patch cleans up the rules of the 'KCSAN' Kconfig option by:
  1. implicitly selecting 'STACKTRACE' instead of depending on it;
  2. depending on DEBUG_KERNEL, to avoid accidentally turning KCSAN on if
     the kernel is not meant to be a debug kernel;
  3. updating the short and long summaries.

Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
 lib/Kconfig.kcsan | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
index 020ac63e43617..9785bbf9a1d11 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN
 	bool
 
 menuconfig KCSAN
-	bool "KCSAN: watchpoint-based dynamic data race detector"
-	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && !KASAN && STACKTRACE
+	bool "KCSAN: dynamic data race detector"
+	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && DEBUG_KERNEL && !KASAN
+	select STACKTRACE
 	help
-	  Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer is a dynamic data race detector, which
-	  uses a watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect races. See
-	  <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst> for more details.
+	  The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN) is a dynamic data race
+	  detector, which relies on compile-time instrumentation, and uses a
+	  watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect data races.
+
+	  See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst> for more details.
 
 if KCSAN
 
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