linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kcsan: select CONFIG

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Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0100
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     paulmck@...nel.org
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kcsan: select CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS

On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 23:42, Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2023 at 10:48:11AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, at 10:25, Marco Elver wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Feb 2023 at 10:15, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Looks like KASAN does select CONSTRUCTORS already, so KCSAN should as well.
> > >
> > > Do you have a tree to take this through, or should it go through -rcu
> > > as usual for KCSAN patches?
> >
> > I don't have a tree for taking these build fixes, so it would be good if you could forward it as appropriate.
>
> Queued and pushed, thank you both!
>
> Is this ready for the upcoming merge window, or would you rather that
> I hold off until the v6.4 merge window?  (I am tempted to treat this
> as a bug fix, thus sending it earlier rather than later, but figured I
> should ask.)

I'd consider it a bug fix. If it survives the usual -next exposure, no
harm in sending it as a fix.

Thanks,
-- Marco