linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Ask user input only when CONFIG_X86 or CONFIG_COMPILE

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Date:   Thu, 10 Oct 2019 17:47:30 +0000
From:   <Narendra.K@...l.com>
To:     <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
CC:     <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, <Mario.Limonciello@...l.com>,
        <geert@...ux-m68k.org>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <james.morse@....com>,
        <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ask user input only when CONFIG_X86 or
 CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is set to y

Hi Ard,

Thank you for the review comments. 

On Wed, Oct 09, 2019 at 04:11:04PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Oct 2019 at 21:44, <Narendra.K@...l.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Narendra K <Narendra.K@...l.com>
> >
> > For the EFI_RCI2_TABLE kconfig option, 'make oldconfig' asks the user
> > for input as it is a new kconfig option in kernel version 5.4. This patch
> > modifies the kconfig option to ask the user for input only when CONFIG_X86
> > or CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is set to y.
> >
> > The patch also makes EFI_RCI2_TABLE kconfig option depend on CONFIG_EFI.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Narendra K <Narendra.K@...l.com>
> > ---
> > The patch is created on kernel version 5.4-rc1.
> >
> > Hi Ard, I have made following changes -
> >
> > - changed the prompt string from "EFI Runtime Configuration
> > Interface Table Version 2 Support" to "EFI RCI Table Version 2 Support"
> > as the string crossed 80 char limit.
> >
> > - added "depends on EFI" so that code builds only when CONFIG_EFI is
> > set to y.
> >
> > - added 'default n' for ease of understanding though default is set to n.
> >
> 
> None of these changes are necessary, tbh. 'depends on EFI' is implied
> by the placement of the option, and default n is indeed the default.

I will drop the changes in the next version of the patch.

> 
> 
> >  drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> > index 178ee8106828..6e4c46e8a954 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig
> > @@ -181,7 +181,10 @@ config RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION
> >           reboots.
> >
> >  config EFI_RCI2_TABLE
> > -       bool "EFI Runtime Configuration Interface Table Version 2 Support"
> > +       bool
> > +       prompt "EFI RCI Table Version 2 Support" if X86 || COMPILE_TEST
> 
> You can drop the || COMPILE_TEST as well.

I will drop this part of the change in the next version of the patch. 

-- 
With regards,
Narendra K