linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION

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Date:   Fri, 8 Apr 2022 13:27:05 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 9:23 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> So it's basically a debug (non-production) option, which has the goal of

So I think I agree that seeing it used in defconfigs is curious to me;
I'm kind of in favor of removing its use in defconfigs.  I wish the
defconfigs for more architectures were something closer to what a user
should reasonably start with; I don't think we'd want to encourage
people to actually ship kernels built with this option enabled.
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers