Messages in this thread | | | From | "Reshetova, Elena" <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH] kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t | Date | Thu, 31 Jan 2019 10:09:32 +0000 |
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> On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:04 AM Reshetova, Elena > <elena.reshetova@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > Just to check, has this been tested with CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL and > > > > something poking kcov? > > > > > > > > Given lib/refcount.c is instrumented, the refcount_*() calls will > > > > recurse back into the kcov code. It looks like that's fine, given these > > > > are only manipulated in setup/teardown paths, but it would be nice to be > > > > sure. > > > > > > A simple program using KCOV is available here: > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.0-rc3/source/Documentation/dev- > > > tools/kcov.rst#L42 > > > or here (it's like strace but collects and prints KCOV coverage): > > > https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/tools/kcovtrace/kcovtrace.c > > > > > > > Ok, so I finally got to compile kcov in and try the first test program > > and it works fine as far as I can see: runs, prints results, and no WARNs anywhere > > visible with regards to refcount_t. > > > > I did my test on 4.20 with CONFIG_REFCOUNT_FULL=y > > since I have serious issues getting 5.0 running as it is even from > > the stable branch, but unless kcov underwent some serious changes since > December, > > it should not affect. > > There were no changes that should affect this part. > > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Thank you! Will you be able to take this change forward as for other normal kcov changes?
Best Regards, Elena.
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