+ kcov-dont-instrument-lib-find_bitc.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



The patch titled
     Subject: kcov: don't instrument lib/find_bit.c
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     kcov-dont-instrument-lib-find_bitc.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/kcov-dont-instrument-lib-find_bitc.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything
branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there every 2-3 working days

------------------------------------------------------
From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kcov: don't instrument lib/find_bit.c
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:37:26 +0200

This file produces large amounts of flaky coverage not useful for the
KCOV's intended use case (guiding the fuzzing process).

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240722223726.194658-1-andrey.konovalov@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aleksandr Nogikh <nogikh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/Makefile |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/lib/Makefile~kcov-dont-instrument-lib-find_bitc
+++ a/lib/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_list_debug.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_debugobjects.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_dynamic_debug.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_fault-inject.o := n
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT_find_bit.o := n
 
 # string.o implements standard library functions like memset/memcpy etc.
 # Use -ffreestanding to ensure that the compiler does not try to "optimize"
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx are

kcov-dont-instrument-lib-find_bitc.patch





[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Archive]     [IETF Annouce]     [DCCP]     [Netdev]     [Networking]     [Security]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux