Re: [PATCH v3] Add kernel config option for tweaking kernel behavior.

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Sat Apr 18 2020 - 10:30:06 EST


On 2020/04/13 17:14, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> @@ -2223,4 +2223,15 @@ config HYPERV_TESTING
>>
>> endmenu # "Kernel Testing and Coverage"
>>
>> +menuconfig TWEAK_KERNEL_BEHAVIOR
>> + bool "Tweak kernel behavior"
>> + help
>> + Saying Y here allows modifying kernel behavior via kernel
>> + config options which will become visible by selecting this
>> + config option.
>
> This "help" text really only says "say Y here to allow for some config
> options". It doesn't explain what these are for, or why anyone would
> select them, or what type of options are here at all.
>
> I don't see how this option, by just looking at it, relates to your goal
> of doing things to make fuzzers' lives easier.

Well, we could add some more text (like shown below), but this option itself
is neutral. This option is not limiting the target to fuzzers.
Below 3 patches are an example of "a set of fine-grained configs" with
"some umbrella uber-config" approach. Linus, are you OK with this approach?