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

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Message-ID: <20141020221800.GB2101@kroah.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:18:00 +0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	Aristeu Rozanski <aris@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tiny: reverse logic for DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 04:55:11AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:42:31AM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-10-16 at 11:49 -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>
> > > Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> > Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> > 
> > Yeah, looks sensible, and should work.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I've added this to the tiny/reverse-dev-coredump branch of my
> tinification tree at
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/josh/linux.git/ , with
> Johannes' review, and I'll push it upstream during the 3.19 merge
> window.

I'll take it through the same tree this original came in and will get it
into 3.18 so we don't confuse anyone with an odd config option.

thanks,

greg k-h
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