netdev - [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: selftest: provide option to disable generic selftests

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Date:   Fri, 30 Apr 2021 11:53:08 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>
Cc:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        kernel@...gutronix.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-imx@....com, Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        David Jander <david@...tonic.nl>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Philippe Schenker <philippe.schenker@...adex.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: selftest: provide option to disable generic selftests

Some systems may need to disable selftests to reduce kernel size or for
some policy reasons. This patch provide option to disable generic selftests.

Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Fixes: 3e1e58d64c3d ("net: add generic selftest support")
Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
---
 net/Kconfig | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index f5ee7c65e6b4..dac98c73fcd8 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -431,7 +431,12 @@ config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
 
 config NET_SELFTESTS
 	def_tristate PHYLIB
+	prompt "Support for generic selftests"
 	depends on PHYLIB && INET
+	help
+	  These selftests are build automatically if any driver with generic
+	  selftests support is enabled. This option can be used to disable
+	  selftests to reduce kernel size.
 
 config NET_SOCK_MSG
 	bool
-- 
2.29.2