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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:17 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Lukas Bulwahn" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/cpu] x86/Kconfig: Make X86_FEATURE_NAMES non-configurable in prompt

The following commit has been merged into the x86/cpu branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     424e23fd6c30ec204c1c77919066ae777577a4f9
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/424e23fd6c30ec204c1c77919066ae777577a4f9
Author:        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 10 May 2023 08:57:12 +02:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 15 May 2023 19:56:19 +02:00

x86/Kconfig: Make X86_FEATURE_NAMES non-configurable in prompt

While discussing to change the visibility of X86_FEATURE_NAMES (see Link)
in order to remove CONFIG_EMBEDDED, Boris suggested to simply make the
X86_FEATURE_NAMES functionality unconditional.

As a first step, make X86_FEATURE_NAMES disappear from Kconfig. So, as
X86_FEATURE_NAMES defaults to yes, to disable it, one now needs to
modify the .config file before compiling the kernel.

Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230509084007.24373-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com/
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 53bab12..a7db116 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ config SMP
 	  If you don't know what to do here, say N.
 
 config X86_FEATURE_NAMES
-	bool "Processor feature human-readable names" if EMBEDDED
+	bool
 	default y
 	help
 	  This option compiles in a table of x86 feature bits and corresponding