linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86 VSDO: fix Kconfig help

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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:17:22 +0800
From:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 VSDO: fix Kconfig help

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
>
> COMPAT_VDSO has 2 help text blocks, but kconfig only uses the
> last one found, so merge the 2 blocks.
>
> It would be real nice if kconfig would warn about this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --- lnx-2632-rc6.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ lnx-2632-rc6/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1601,12 +1601,12 @@ config COMPAT_VDSO
>        prompt "Compat VDSO support"
>        depends on X86_32 || IA32_EMULATION
>        ---help---
> -         Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
> -       ---help---
>          Say N here if you are running a sufficiently recent glibc
>          version (2.3.3 or later), to remove the high-mapped
>          VDSO mapping and to exclusively use the randomized VDSO.
>
> +         Map the 32-bit VDSO to the predictable old-style address too.
> +
>          If unsure, say Y.
>
>  config CMDLINE_BOOL
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