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

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Message-ID: <50F04787.6030206@imgtec.com>
Date:	Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:10:31 +0000
From:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.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>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	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 11/01/13 17:00, 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Cc: Hirokazu Takata <takata@...ux-m32r.org>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
> Cc: Koichi Yasutake <yasutake.koichi@...panasonic.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Cc: uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org

Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>

(I can use this for arch/metag too).

Cheers
James

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