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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
index 020ac63e4361..9785bbf9a1d1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN
bool
menuconfig KCSAN
- bool "KCSAN: watchpoint-based dynamic data race detector"
- depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && !KASAN && STACKTRACE
+ bool "KCSAN: dynamic data race detector"
+ depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && DEBUG_KERNEL && !KASAN
+ select STACKTRACE
help
- Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer is a dynamic data race detector, which
- uses a watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect races. See
- <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst> for more details.
+ The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN) is a dynamic data race
+ detector, which relies on compile-time instrumentation, and uses a
+ watchpoint-based sampling approach to detect data races.
+
+ See <file:Documentation/dev-tools/kcsan.rst> for more details.
if KCSAN