Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/6] kcov: per-task dataflow extraction at kernel function boundaries

[Yunseong Kim <yunseong.kim@est.tech>]

Hi Alexander,

> On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM Yunseong Kim <yunseong.kim@est.tech> wrote:
>>
>> Introduces a new KCOV exetened feature that captures function arguments and
>> return values at kernel function boundaries, enabling per-process visibility
>> into runtime dataflow.
> 
> Some high-level comments:
> - Make sure your code can run on every platform supported by kcov (namely ARM64)
> - Check out Sashiko findings:
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260603-kcov-dataflow-next-20260603-v2-0-fee0939de2c4%40est.tech,

I handled those parts that seemed problematic from sashiko's review.

> at least some of them seem to make sense
> - Please consolidate changes to the same file into a single patch
> - There seem to be two tools (one in C and one in Python) with
> overlapping functionality, can you keep only one?

I revised this part in v2.

> - The test modules seem to be used only in manual testing. Can you
> convert them to kselftests or remove them?

Thanks again for yout guide, I've updated it to v2.

> - At this point, long dashes in the kernel codebase are quite rare,
> and I don't see a reason to add more.

I checked that the v2 series patchset was removed, using long dashes.

Best regards,
Yunseong