linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] init/Kconfig: fix unmet direct dependencies

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Message-ID: <YzQQfW3h70OIiT14@linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:14:37 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Ren Zhijie <renzhijie2@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        ndesaulniers@...gle.com, nathan@...nel.org, vbabka@...e.cz,
        masahiroy@...nel.org, arnd@...db.de, seanjc@...gle.com,
        hannes@...xchg.org, ojeda@...nel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        dmitry.torokhov@...il.com, atomlin@...hat.com, ddiss@...e.de,
        christophe.leroy@...roup.eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] init/Kconfig: fix unmet direct dependencies

On 2022-09-28 09:20:42 [+0200], Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> > Couldn't this become a depends?
> It could also be a depends (to resolve the warning).
…
> It is just the question whether:
> 
> When PROC_FS is not set, should the CHECKPOINT_RESTORE still be
> visible as a config option to add (and then automatically add
> PROC_FS)? Then select is right here.

then CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is the only option selecting PROC_FS while
everyone else depends on it _or_ avoids using it in the absence of
PROC_FS.

Sebastian