linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v17 1/3] proc: add /proc/<pid>/arch

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1904251019520.1960@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:20:45 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Li, Aubrey" <aubrey.li@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, arjan@...ux.intel.com, adobriyan@...il.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, aubrey.li@...el.com,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v17 1/3] proc: add /proc/<pid>/arch_status

On Thu, 25 Apr 2019, Li, Aubrey wrote:
> On 2019/4/25 15:20, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > Let the arch select CONFIG_PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS 
> 
> Sorry, I didn't get the point here, above you mentioned not mixing arch and proc code
> and not enabling this on x86 right away, then how to let x86 select it?
> 

By using 'select PROC_PID_ARCH_STATUS' in the arch/xxxx/Kconfig file in the
patch which implements the required arch function perhaps?

Thanks,

	tglx