Re: [PATCH 1/5] init/Kconfig: Fix break in middle of EXPERT menu

From: josh
Date: Thu May 14 2015 - 11:47:06 EST


On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 08:35:23AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Commit e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y &&
> !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable") made BPF_SYSCALL no
> longer hidden with !EXPERT, but left it in the middle of the EXPERT
> menu. menuconfig stops putting config items under a submenu once it
> encounters an item that doesn't depend on the menu's config item, so
> this caused the remainder of the EXPERT menu to spill out into the
> containing menu around it. Fix by moving BPF_SYSCALL before the EXPERT
> menu, next to BPF.
>
> Fixes: e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y && !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable")
> Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

This series should have been labeled as "v2". Changes in v2: added CCs
to Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> and linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, split
patch 4/4 into two patches, and added Paul's ack to those last two
patches.

> init/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index dc24dec..e2f16f1 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1341,6 +1341,16 @@ config HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
> config BPF
> bool
>
> +# syscall, maps, verifier
> +config BPF_SYSCALL
> + bool "Enable bpf() system call"
> + select ANON_INODES
> + select BPF
> + default n
> + help
> + Enable the bpf() system call that allows to manipulate eBPF
> + programs and maps via file descriptors.
> +
> menuconfig EXPERT
> bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
> # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
> @@ -1535,16 +1545,6 @@ config EVENTFD
>
> If unsure, say Y.
>
> -# syscall, maps, verifier
> -config BPF_SYSCALL
> - bool "Enable bpf() system call"
> - select ANON_INODES
> - select BPF
> - default n
> - help
> - Enable the bpf() system call that allows to manipulate eBPF
> - programs and maps via file descriptors.
> -
> config SHMEM
> bool "Use full shmem filesystem" if EXPERT
> default y
> --
> 2.1.4
>
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