linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options

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Date:	Tue, 07 May 2013 17:01:24 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
CC:	mmarek@...e.cz, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] consolidate per-arch stack overflow debugging options

On 05/07/2013 03:53 PM, James Hogan wrote:
> On 7 May 2013 21:46, Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net> wrote:
>> 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.
...
> Now that metag, arc, and openrisc architectures are merged, maybe you
> could convert them too?

I'll send a follow-on to do that once this gets merged somewhere. :)


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