Kconfirm patch set flags duplicate dependencies in Linux kernel
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Updated · Phoronix · May 6
Kconfirm patch set flags duplicate dependencies in Linux kernel
7 articles · Updated · Phoronix · May 6
The RFC v2 patches sent to the Linux kernel mailing list say the Rust-written tool found more than 700 duplicate dependencies in Linux 7.0 and 489 alarms in Linux 7.1-rc2.
With additional checks enabled, Kconfirm reports 1,789 alarms, covering dead code, constant conditions, invalid ranges and even dead web links in Kconfig help text.
First presented in April, the tool aims for zero false positives and is being proposed as a way to clean up the kernel's long-running Kconfig configuration system.
After the recent 'Copy Fail' bug, can this tool prevent the next major Linux security flaw?
Beyond cleanup, does this tool signal a bigger shift in the Linux ecosystem's future?