linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] init: Do not select DEBUG

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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:29:23 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <Okaya@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Adrian Reber <adrian@...as.de>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] init: Do not select DEBUG_KERNEL by default

On 4/10/2019 6:28 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index c9386a365eea..7ce4a60ab3e9 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1188,8 +1188,6 @@ config BPF
> 
>   menuconfig EXPERT
>          bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
> -       # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
> -       select DEBUG_KERNEL
>          help
>            This option allows certain base kernel options and settings
>             to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index d4df5b24d75e..6a9bc118b64a 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ_SERIAL
> 
>   config DEBUG_KERNEL
>          bool "Kernel debugging"
> +       default EXPERT
>          help
>            Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
>            identify kernel problems.

Got it. Thanks. I'll test and respin v2.