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doc: Add CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD to checklist.rst
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@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
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@@ -491,6 +491,12 @@ over a rather long period of time, but improvements are always welcome!
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since the last time that you passed that same object to
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call_rcu() (or friends).
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CONFIG_RCU_STRICT_GRACE_PERIOD:
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combine with KASAN to check for pointers leaked out
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of RCU read-side critical sections. This Kconfig
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option is tough on both performance and scalability,
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and so is limited to four-CPU systems.
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__rcu sparse checks:
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tag the pointer to the RCU-protected data structure
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with __rcu, and sparse will warn you if you access that

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