linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options

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Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:36:47 -0500
From:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@...panasonic.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	<uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options

On 1/11/2013 12:00 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> I'm looking for some Acked-bys on this from the various arch
> maintainers that it affects.  I'd like to send it up to Linus
> in the next merge window.  This is part of a larger series to
> clean up the "Kernel Hacking" menu:
>
> 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/17/306
>
> --
>
> Several architectures have similar stack debugging config options.
> They all pretty much do the same thing, some with slightly
> differing help text.
>
> This patch changes the architectures to instead enable a Kconfig
> boolean, and then use that boolean in the generic Kconfig.debug
> to present the actual menu option.  This removes a bunch of
> duplication and adds consistency across arches.
>

Acked-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com> [for tile]

-- 
Chris Metcalf, Tilera Corp.
http://www.tilera.com

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