rcu: Remove SPARSE_RCU_POINTER Kconfig option

The sparse-based checking for non-RCU accesses to RCU-protected pointers
has been around for a very long time, and it is now the only type of
sparse-based checking that is optional.  This commit therefore makes
it unconditional.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
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Paul E. McKenney
2017-05-12 15:56:35 -07:00
parent c4a09ff752
commit 41a2901e7d
7 changed files with 7 additions and 42 deletions

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@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ CONFIG_TINY_RCU
These are controlled by CONFIG_PREEMPT and/or CONFIG_SMP.
CONFIG_SPARSE_RCU_POINTER
Makes sense only for sparse runs, not for kernel builds.
CONFIG_SRCU
CONFIG_TASKS_RCU