docs: sphinxify kcov.txt and move to dev-tools

Another document added to the dev-tools collection.

Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>

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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kcov.rst
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+kcov: code coverage for fuzzing
+===============================
+
+kcov exposes kernel code coverage information in a form suitable for coverage-
+guided fuzzing (randomized testing). Coverage data of a running kernel is
+exported via the "kcov" debugfs file. Coverage collection is enabled on a task
+basis, and thus it can capture precise coverage of a single system call.
+
+Note that kcov does not aim to collect as much coverage as possible. It aims
+to collect more or less stable coverage that is function of syscall inputs.
+To achieve this goal it does not collect coverage in soft/hard interrupts
+and instrumentation of some inherently non-deterministic parts of kernel is
+disbled (e.g. scheduler, locking).
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Configure the kernel with::
+
+        CONFIG_KCOV=y
+
+CONFIG_KCOV requires gcc built on revision 231296 or later.
+Profiling data will only become accessible once debugfs has been mounted::
+
+        mount -t debugfs none /sys/kernel/debug
+
+The following program demonstrates kcov usage from within a test program::
+
+    #include <stdio.h>
+    #include <stddef.h>
+    #include <stdint.h>
+    #include <stdlib.h>
+    #include <sys/types.h>
+    #include <sys/stat.h>
+    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+    #include <sys/mman.h>
+    #include <unistd.h>
+    #include <fcntl.h>
+
+    #define KCOV_INIT_TRACE			_IOR('c', 1, unsigned long)
+    #define KCOV_ENABLE			_IO('c', 100)
+    #define KCOV_DISABLE			_IO('c', 101)
+    #define COVER_SIZE			(64<<10)
+
+    int main(int argc, char **argv)
+    {
+	int fd;
+	unsigned long *cover, n, i;
+
+	/* A single fd descriptor allows coverage collection on a single
+	 * thread.
+	 */
+	fd = open("/sys/kernel/debug/kcov", O_RDWR);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		perror("open"), exit(1);
+	/* Setup trace mode and trace size. */
+	if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_INIT_TRACE, COVER_SIZE))
+		perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
+	/* Mmap buffer shared between kernel- and user-space. */
+	cover = (unsigned long*)mmap(NULL, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long),
+				     PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	if ((void*)cover == MAP_FAILED)
+		perror("mmap"), exit(1);
+	/* Enable coverage collection on the current thread. */
+	if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_ENABLE, 0))
+		perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
+	/* Reset coverage from the tail of the ioctl() call. */
+	__atomic_store_n(&cover[0], 0, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	/* That's the target syscal call. */
+	read(-1, NULL, 0);
+	/* Read number of PCs collected. */
+	n = __atomic_load_n(&cover[0], __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+		printf("0x%lx\n", cover[i + 1]);
+	/* Disable coverage collection for the current thread. After this call
+	 * coverage can be enabled for a different thread.
+	 */
+	if (ioctl(fd, KCOV_DISABLE, 0))
+		perror("ioctl"), exit(1);
+	/* Free resources. */
+	if (munmap(cover, COVER_SIZE * sizeof(unsigned long)))
+		perror("munmap"), exit(1);
+	if (close(fd))
+		perror("close"), exit(1);
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+After piping through addr2line output of the program looks as follows::
+
+    SyS_read
+    fs/read_write.c:562
+    __fdget_pos
+    fs/file.c:774
+    __fget_light
+    fs/file.c:746
+    __fget_light
+    fs/file.c:750
+    __fget_light
+    fs/file.c:760
+    __fdget_pos
+    fs/file.c:784
+    SyS_read
+    fs/read_write.c:562
+
+If a program needs to collect coverage from several threads (independently),
+it needs to open /sys/kernel/debug/kcov in each thread separately.
+
+The interface is fine-grained to allow efficient forking of test processes.
+That is, a parent process opens /sys/kernel/debug/kcov, enables trace mode,
+mmaps coverage buffer and then forks child processes in a loop. Child processes
+only need to enable coverage (disable happens automatically on thread end).
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/tools.rst
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    coccinelle
    sparse
+   kcov