Re: v5.7: new core kernel option missing help text

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Fri Jun 05 2020 - 06:02:07 EST



On 05/06/20 09:15, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 04:38:40PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:
>> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
>> index 74a5ac65644f..ba846f6e805b 100644
>> --- a/init/Kconfig
>> +++ b/init/Kconfig
>> @@ -439,8 +439,11 @@ config HAVE_SCHED_AVG_IRQ
>> depends on SMP
>>
>> config SCHED_THERMAL_PRESSURE
>> - bool "Enable periodic averaging of thermal pressure"
>> + def_bool n
>
> You don't need to specify this default, as the default default is "n".
> "bool" will do.
>
> You should never need to use "def_bool n" or "default n" for anything
> this simple. There are more complex cases where there may be multiple
> conditional "default" lines where it may be necessary, but the majority
> of cases where people use these are completely unnecessary.

Right, thanks!