linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] crypto: testmgr - replace CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS with CRYPTO

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Message-ID: <20250424155617.GD2427@sol.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:56:17 -0700
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc: linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] crypto: testmgr - replace
 CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS with CRYPTO_SELFTESTS

On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 05:53:18PM +0800, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > -config CRYPTO_MANAGER_DISABLE_TESTS
> > -       bool "Disable run-time self tests"
> > -       default y
> > +config CRYPTO_SELFTESTS
> > +       bool "Enable crypto self-tests"
> >        help
> 
> Please add a dependency on EXPERT.
> 

If there's going to be a dependency to keep most users from seeing this,
wouldn't DEBUG_KERNEL be more appropriate?

- Eric