linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] kconfig/hacking: make 'kernel hacking' menu better structured

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Date:   Sun, 8 Sep 2019 17:44:54 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Changbin Du <changbin.du@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] kconfig/hacking: make 'kernel hacking' menu better
 structured

On 9/7/19 6:27 PM, Changbin Du wrote:
> This series is a trivial improvment for the layout of 'kernel hacking'
> configuration menu. Now we have many items in it which makes takes
> a little time to look up them since they are not well structured yet.
> 
> Early discussion is here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/1/39
> 
> Changbin Du (8):
>   kconfig/hacking: Group sysrq/kgdb/ubsan into 'Generic Kernel Debugging
>     Instruments'
>   kconfig/hacking: Create submenu for arch special debugging options
>   kconfig/hacking: Group kernel data structures debugging together
>   kconfig/hacking: Move kernel testing and coverage options to same
>     submenu
>   kconfig/hacking: Move Oops into 'Lockups and Hangs'
>   kconfig/hacking: Move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
>   kconfig/hacking: Create a submenu for scheduler debugging options
>   kconfig/hacking: Move DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE to 'printk and dmesg options'
> 
>  lib/Kconfig.debug | 627 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 324 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)

Hi,

Series applies to v5.3-rc7.  Has some problems applying to linux-next.

Under 'Compile-time checks and compiler options', "Debug Filesystem" does not belong here.
Maybe move it under 'Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments'.

I mostly like it.  I might have put 'Debug notifier call chains' under
'Debug kernel data structures', but that's not a big deal.

-- 
~Randy