Re: [PATCH] lib/Kconfig.debug: fix typo in select statement

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sat Aug 20 2016 - 23:24:55 EST


On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Paul E. McKenney
<paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 12:16:10PM +0200, Valentin Rothberg wrote:
>> Commit 484f29c7430b3 ("bug: Provide toggle for BUG on data corruption")
>> added a Kconfig select statement on CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST, but the CONFIG_
>> prefix is only used in Make and C(PP) syntax. Remove the CONFIG_ prefix
>> to correctly select the Kconfig option DEBUG_LIST.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Well, color me blind!
>
> Good catch, queued for review and testing.
>
> Kees, Steve, Rik, any objections?

Argh, thank you. Yes, this is correct.

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

>
> Thanx, Paul
>
>> ---
>> I detected the issue with scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
>>
>> lib/Kconfig.debug | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> index 5dea4d0a5a07..c2bbaae13d04 100644
>> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
>> @@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ config TEST_STATIC_KEYS
>>
>> config BUG_ON_DATA_CORRUPTION
>> bool "Trigger a BUG when data corruption is detected"
>> - select CONFIG_DEBUG_LIST
>> + select DEBUG_LIST
>> help
>> Select this option if the kernel should BUG when it encounters
>> data corruption in kernel memory structures when they get checked
>> --
>> 2.9.3
>>
>



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Kees Cook
Nexus Security