Re: [RFC PATCH 01/16] rv: Add Runtime Verification (RV) interface

[Randy Dunlap]

On 5/19/21 4:36 AM, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e8e65cfc7959
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +#
> +menuconfig RV
> +	bool "Runtime Verification"
> +	depends on TRACING
> +	default y if DEBUG_KERNEL

No need for default y. There are other reasons to use DEBUG_KERNEL
without wanting RV turned on.

> +	help
> +	  Enable the kernel runtime verification infrastructure. RV is a
> +	  lightweight (yet rigorous) method that complements classical
> +	  exhaustive verification techniques (such as model checking and
> +	  theorem proving). RV works by analyzing the trace of the system's
> +	  actual execution, comparing it against a formal specification of
> +	  the system behavior.

And in the cover/patch 00:
tlrd:
should be
tl;dr:
or at least
tldr:
:)

-- 
~Randy