linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/8] doc: Add CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE

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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 19:58:07 -0800
From: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	rcu@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
	Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.iitr10@...il.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
	Zqiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] doc: Add CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD to checklist.rst

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>

This commit adds CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD to the list of debugging
Kconfig options in checklist.rst.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
index 98a622f77248..addd5c1547a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/checklist.rst
@@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
 		since the last time that you passed that same object to
 		call_rcu() (or friends).
 
+	CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD:
+		combine with KASAN to check for pointers leaked out
+		of RCU read-side critical sections.  This Kconfig
+		option is tough on both performance and scalability,
+		and so is limited to four-CPU systems.
+
 	__rcu sparse checks:
 		tag the pointer to the RCU-protected data structure
 		with __rcu, and sparse will warn you if you access that
-- 
2.43.0