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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:01:12 -0700
From:   Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@...dia.com>,
        Changbin Du <changbin.du@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] init: Introduce DEBUG_MISC option

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 01:43:51AM +0000, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> Introduce DEBUG_MISC ("Miscellaneous debug code that should be under a more
> specific debug option but isn't"), make it depend on DEBUG_KERNEL and be
> "default DEBUG_KERNEL" but allow itself to be turned off, and then
> mechanically change the small handful of "#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL" to
> "#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>

Minor typo below; with that:
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>

And thank you!

> ---
>  lib/Kconfig.debug | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 0d9e81779e37..2f80ebaa6d9a 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -438,6 +438,15 @@ config DEBUG_KERNEL
>  	  Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
>  	  identify kernel problems.
>  
> +config DEBUG_MISC
> +	bool "Miscellaneous debug code"
> +	default DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> +	help
> +	  Say Y here if you need to enable Miscellaneous debug code that should

Nit: s/Miscellaneous/miscellaneous/

> +	  be under a more specific debug option but isn't.
> +
> +
>  menu "Memory Debugging"
>  
>  source "mm/Kconfig.debug"
> -- 
> 2.21.0
>