Re: [RFC][PATCH] x86: Cleanup Kconfig

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Jun 02 2015 - 07:35:57 EST



* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> While looking at arch/x86/Kconfig I noticed a lot of if X86_{32,64}
> clauses in the X86 symbol. Its much simpler to simply but these selects
> in the right symbol and do away with the conditionals.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 8fec04407245..a259db4cfe8c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ config X86_32
> depends on !64BIT
> select CLKSRC_I8253
> select HAVE_UID16
> + select HAVE_AOUT
> + select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
> + select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
> + select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL
> + select CLONE_BACKWARDS
> + select OLD_SIGACTION

So I'd rather do it the other way around: move the remaining selects from X86_32
and X86_64 to the X86 section, and maybe group them by bitness.

The advantage: accidental duplication is more obviously wrong and a single
feature's bitness-presence is obvious at a glance.

Thanks,

Ingo
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