linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ovl: Kconfig: introduce CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS

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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxgccn0CkaPqHB4ybD5f+yM+jTzm4BbpNHPFawTDC73KfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 May 2023 09:36:51 +0300
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>
Cc:     Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>, linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ovl: Kconfig: introduce CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 9:41 PM Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> Provide a Kconfig option to enable extra debugging checks for overlayfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>

I think that could be useful someday...

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>

> ---
>  fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> index 6708e54b0e30..fec5020c3495 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> @@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
>           that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
>
>           If unsure, say N.
> +
> +config OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG
> +       bool "Overlayfs: turn on extra debugging checks"
> +       default n
> +       depends on OVERLAY_FS
> +       help
> +         Say Y here to enable extra debugging checks in overlayfs.
> +
> +         If unsure, say N.
> --
> 2.39.2
>