linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86: Introduce CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT

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Message-ID: <a5151e75-cbcc-2c24-06c6-4534f04ba7e1@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2023 19:21:52 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mhocko@...e.com, jslaby@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] x86: Introduce
 CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED Kconfig option



On 6/9/23 04:13, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 53bab123a8ee..9c32fd720701 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -3038,6 +3038,11 @@ config IA32_EMULATION
>  	  64-bit kernel. You should likely turn this on, unless you're
>  	  100% sure that you don't have any 32-bit programs left.
> 
> +config IA32_EMULATION_DEFAULT_DISABLED
> +	bool "IA32 Emulation default disabled"
> +	default n
> +	depends on IA32_EMULATION
> +

I expected checkpatch to complain about no help text here.
Did it not complain?

-- 
~Randy