Re: [PATCH 3.18] tiny: rename ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP to ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP

From: Josh Triplett
Date: Thu Oct 30 2014 - 09:33:00 EST


On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:00:35AM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote:
> From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP option is misleading as it implies that
> it gets the framework enabled, this isn't true it just allows it
> to get enabled if a driver needs it.
>
> Rename it to ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP to better capture its semantics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx>

Seems reasonable. The original "DISABLE" was really "FORCE_DISABLE"
(even if used), and the inverse of "FORCE_DISABLE" is not "ENABLE", it's
"ALLOW" (if used).

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> drivers/base/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> index 99d30729d11e..e9f96afe920d 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig
> @@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
> Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the
> device coredump mechanism.
>
> -config ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP
> - bool "Enable device coredump" if EXPERT
> +config ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
> + bool "Allow device coredump" if EXPERT
> default y
> help
> This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or
> @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ config ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP
> config DEV_COREDUMP
> bool
> default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP
> - depends on ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP
> + depends on ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP
>
> config DEBUG_DRIVER
> bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages"
> --
> 2.1.0
>
>
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