Re: [PATCH 0/8] kconfig/hacking: make 'kernel hacking' menu better structured

[Changbin Du]

This is a preview:
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  â â        printk and dmesg options  --->                             â â
  â â        Compile-time checks and compiler options  --->             â â
  â â        Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments  --->                 â â
  â â    -*- Kernel debugging                                           â â
  â â    [*]   Miscellaneous debug code                                 â â
  â â        Memory Debugging  --->                                     â â
  â â        IRQ Debugging  --->                                        â â
  â â        Debug Oops, Lockups and Hangs  --->                        â â
  â â        Scheduler Debugging  --->                                  â â
  â â    [*] Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking                   â â
  â â        Lock Debugging (spinlocks, mutexes, etc...)  --->          â â
  â â    -*- Stack backtrace support                                    â â
  â â    [ ] Warn for all uses of unseeded randomness                   â â
  â â    [ ] kobject debugging                                          â â
  â â        Debug kernel data structures  --->                         â â
  â â    [ ] Debug notifier call chains                                 â â
  â â    [ ] Debug credential management                                â â
  â â        RCU Debugging  --->                                        â â
  â â    [ ] Force round-robin CPU selection for unbound work items     â â
  â â    [ ] Force extended block device numbers and spread them        â â
  â â    [ ] Enable CPU hotplug state control                           â â
  â â    [*] Latency measuring infrastructure                           â â
  â â    [*] Tracers  --->                                              â â
  â â    [ ] Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot               â â
  â â    [*] Sample kernel code  --->                                   â â
  â â    [*] Filter access to /dev/mem                                  â â
  â â    [ ]   Filter I/O access to /dev/mem                            â â
  â â        x86 Debugging  --->                                        â â
  â â        Kernel Testing and Coverage  --->                          â â
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On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 09:27:52AM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> This series is a trivial improvment for the layout of 'kernel hacking'
> configuration menu. Now we have many items in it which makes takes
> a little time to look up them since they are not well structured yet.
> 
> Early discussion is here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/1/39
> 
> Changbin Du (8):
>   kconfig/hacking: Group sysrq/kgdb/ubsan into 'Generic Kernel Debugging
>     Instruments'
>   kconfig/hacking: Create submenu for arch special debugging options
>   kconfig/hacking: Group kernel data structures debugging together
>   kconfig/hacking: Move kernel testing and coverage options to same
>     submenu
>   kconfig/hacking: Move Oops into 'Lockups and Hangs'
>   kconfig/hacking: Move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
>   kconfig/hacking: Create a submenu for scheduler debugging options
>   kconfig/hacking: Move DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE to 'printk and dmesg options'
> 
>  lib/Kconfig.debug | 627 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 324 insertions(+), 303 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

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Cheers,
Changbin Du