linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tiny: reverse logic for DISABLE_DEV

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Date:	Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:14:46 +0200
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tiny: reverse logic for DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 11:25:23AM -0400, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
> It's desirable for allnconfig and tinyconfig targets to result in the
> least amount of code possible. DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP exists as a way to
> switch off DEV_COREDUMP regardless if any drivers select
> WANT_DEV_COREDUMP.
> 
> This patch renames the option to ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP and setting it to
> 'n' (as in allnconfig or tinyconfig) will effectively disable device
> coredump.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk@...hat.com>

Any reason you didn't cc: the author of this feature / Kconfig option
about this change you are proposing?

Please resend it with the maintainer of this code in the distribution
list.

greg k-h
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