linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: locking: refer to the actual existing config names

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Message-ID: <248fbb79-744b-4e49-71de-a6d3d0a0e7ef@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:18:28 -0500
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: locking: refer to the actual existing config names

On 2/20/23 11:57, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> The config is actually called CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES, not CONFIG_RT_MUTEX.
>
> The config CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST should be connected by underscore, for
> the sake of consistent referencing to configs in the kernel documentation.
>
> Address those issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/locking/locktorture.rst | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/locking/locktorture.rst b/Documentation/locking/locktorture.rst
> index dfaf9fc883f4..7f56fc0d7c31 100644
> --- a/Documentation/locking/locktorture.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/locking/locktorture.rst
> @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Kernel Lock Torture Test Operation
>   CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST
>   ========================
>   
> -The CONFIG LOCK_TORTURE_TEST config option provides a kernel module
> +The CONFIG_LOCK_TORTURE_TEST config option provides a kernel module
>   that runs torture tests on core kernel locking primitives. The kernel
>   module, 'locktorture', may be built after the fact on the running
>   kernel to be tested, if desired. The tests periodically output status
> @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ torture_type
>   
>   		     - "rtmutex_lock":
>   				rtmutex_lock() and rtmutex_unlock() pairs.
> -				Kernel must have CONFIG_RT_MUTEX=y.
> +				Kernel must have CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES=y.
>   
>   		     - "rwsem_lock":
>   				read/write down() and up() semaphore pairs.
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>