linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] init: Do not select DEBUG

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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:02:38 -0700
From:   Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] init: Do not select DEBUG_KERNEL by default

On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 01:43:50AM +0000, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL has been designed to just enable Kconfig options.
> Kernel code generatoin should not depend on CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.
> 
> Proposed alternative plan: let's add a new symbol, something like
> 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".
> 
> Sinan Kaya (5):
>   init: Introduce DEBUG_MISC option
>   powerpc: Replace CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL with CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC
>   mips: Replace CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL with CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC
>   xtensa: Replace CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL with CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC
>   net: Replace CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL with CONFIG_DEBUG_MISC

I noticed one minor typo in patch 1/5, with that fixed, for the whole
series:

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>