linux-kernel - [PATCH] kernel hacking: move STRIP_ASM

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Message-ID: <4A49553B.2040300@oracle.com>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:58:51 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	samr <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] kernel hacking: move STRIP_ASM_SYMS from General

From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>

Sam suggested moving STRIP_ASM_SYMS into the Kernel hacking menu
from the General Setup menu.  It makes more sense there.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
---
 init/Kconfig      |    8 --------
 lib/Kconfig.debug |    8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.31-rc1-git5.orig/init/Kconfig
+++ linux-2.6.31-rc1-git5/init/Kconfig
@@ -995,14 +995,6 @@ config SLUB_DEBUG
 	  SLUB sysfs support. /sys/slab will not exist and there will be
 	  no support for cache validation etc.
 
-config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
-	bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link"
-	default n
-	help
-	  Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols
-	  that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of
-	  get_wchan() and suchlike.
-
 config COMPAT_BRK
 	bool "Disable heap randomization"
 	default y
--- linux-2.6.31-rc1-git5.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ linux-2.6.31-rc1-git5/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ
 	  keys are documented in <file:Documentation/sysrq.txt>. Don't say Y
 	  unless you really know what this hack does.
 
+config STRIP_ASM_SYMS
+	bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols
+	  that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of
+	  get_wchan() and suchlike.
+
 config UNUSED_SYMBOLS
 	bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols"
 	default y if X86



-- 
~Randy
LPC 2009, Sept. 23-25, Portland, Oregon
http://linuxplumbersconf.org/2009/
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