linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 01/16] rv: Add Runtime Verification (RV) interface

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 11:10:47 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Tommaso Cucinotta <tommaso.cucinotta@...tannapisa.it>,
        Kate Carcia <kcarcia@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Gabriele Paoloni <gabriele.paoloni@...el.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/16] rv: Add Runtime Verification (RV) interface

On 5/19/21 4:36 AM, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e8e65cfc7959
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#
> +menuconfig RV
> +	bool "Runtime Verification"
> +	depends on TRACING
> +	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL

No need for default y. There are other reasons to use DEBUG_KERNEL
without wanting RV turned on.

> +	help
> +	  Enable the kernel runtime verification infrastructure. RV is a
> +	  lightweight (yet rigorous) method that complements classical
> +	  exhaustive verification techniques (such as model checking and
> +	  theorem proving). RV works by analyzing the trace of the system's
> +	  actual execution, comparing it against a formal specification of
> +	  the system behavior.

And in the cover/patch 00:
tlrd:
should be
tl;dr:
or at least
tldr:
:)

-- 
~Randy