linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS should be shown if DEBUG

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Message-Id: <20130123140440.8a4b1e3f.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:04:40 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS should be shown if DEBUG_KERNEL

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:21:03 -0500
Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com> wrote:

> CONFIG_EXPERT is a bit silly a place for this, and hides it
> unnecessarily. CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL makes much more sense.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@...hat.com>
> 
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ config BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE
>  	default 1 if BOOTPARAM_SOFTLOCKUP_PANIC
>  
>  config PANIC_ON_OOPS
> -	bool "Panic on Oops" if EXPERT
> +	bool "Panic on Oops" if DEBUG_KERNEL
>  	default n
>  	help
>  	  Say Y here to enable the kernel to panic when it oopses. This

hm, I'm not sure that it should depend on anything.  Where's the benefit?
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