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| author | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-05-13 01:56:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2017-06-09 04:52:41 +0300 |
| commit | 41a2901e7d220875752a8c870e0b53288a578c20 (patch) | |
| tree | 7fee0c0fb4e4de059050c0003c370042bb832ffc /lib/Kconfig.debug | |
| parent | c4a09ff752e164c020bced6513e2008f992a02e6 (diff) | |
| download | linux-41a2901e7d220875752a8c870e0b53288a578c20.tar.xz | |
rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option
The sparse-based checking for non-RCU accesses to RCU-protected pointers
has been around for a very long time, and it is now the only type of
sparse-based checking that is optional. This commit therefore makes
it unconditional.
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/Kconfig.debug | 15 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 762deab304fe..498d5dd63bf4 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -1306,21 +1306,6 @@ menu "RCU Debugging" config PROVE_RCU def_bool PROVE_LOCKING -config SPARSE_RCU_POINTER - bool "RCU debugging: sparse-based checks for pointer usage" - default n - help - This feature enables the __rcu sparse annotation for - RCU-protected pointers. This annotation will cause sparse - to flag any non-RCU used of annotated pointers. This can be - helpful when debugging RCU usage. Please note that this feature - is not intended to enforce code cleanliness; it is instead merely - a debugging aid. - - Say Y to make sparse flag questionable use of RCU-protected pointers - - Say N if you are unsure. - config TORTURE_TEST tristate default n |