linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Fix break in middle of EXPERT menu

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Message-ID: <20150512070857.GB8814@x>
Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 00:08:58 -0700
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@...allels.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Bertrand Jacquin <beber@...eeweb.net>,
	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...e.com>,
	Iulia Manda <iulia.manda21@...il.com>,
	Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@...il.com>,
	Clark Williams <clark.williams@...il.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Fix break in middle of EXPERT menu

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:04:55AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org> wrote:
> 
> > Commit e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y &&
> > !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable") made BPF_SYSCALL no
> > longer hidden with !EXPERT, but left it in the middle of the EXPERT
> > menu.  menuconfig stops putting config items under a submenu once it
> > encounters an item that doesn't depend on the menu's config item, so
> > this caused the remainder of the EXPERT menu to spill out into the
> > containing menu around it.  Fix by moving BPF_SYSCALL before the EXPERT
> > menu, next to BPF.
> > 
> > Fixes: e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y && !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable")
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > Ingo, do you want to take this through -tip?  Or should this go 
> > through some other tree?
> 
> I can pick it up, but -mm might be better suited for this, if you do:

Fair enough.

> > I'm also thinking about splitting the entire EXPERT menu into a 
> > separate Kconfig.expert and including it from init/Kconfig, to make 
> > it clear that everything in that menu should only be visible if 
> > EXPERT.  Right now, the long EXPERT menu blends into the longer 
> > init/Kconfig, and issues like this happen every few kernel releases.
> 
> That's a good idea as well.

I did so, in a patch later in this thread.

- Josh Triplett
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