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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan index e0a93ffdef30..e4394ea8068b 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan +++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan @@ -191,6 +191,26 @@ config KCSAN_STRICT closely aligns with the rules defined by the Linux-kernel memory consistency model (LKMM). +config KCSAN_WEAK_MEMORY + bool "Enable weak memory modeling to detect missing memory barriers" + default y + depends on KCSAN_STRICT + # We can either let objtool nop __tsan_func_{entry,exit}() and builtin + # atomics instrumentation in .noinstr.text, or use a compiler that can + # implement __no_kcsan to really remove all instrumentation. + depends on STACK_VALIDATION || CC_IS_GCC + help + Enable support for modeling a subset of weak memory, which allows + detecting a subset of data races due to missing memory barriers. + + Depends on KCSAN_STRICT, because the options strenghtening certain + plain accesses by default (depending on !KCSAN_STRICT) reduce the + ability to detect any data races invoving reordered accesses, in + particular reordered writes. + + Weak memory modeling relies on additional instrumentation and may + affect performance. + config KCSAN_REPORT_VALUE_CHANGE_ONLY bool "Only report races where watcher observed a data value change" default y |