Re: [PATCH -next] init/Kconfig: fix unmet direct dependencies

[Ren Zhijie <renzhijie2@huawei.com>]

在 2022/9/28 17:32, Arnd Bergmann 写道:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022, at 11:14 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> On 2022-09-28 09:20:42 [+0200], Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>>>> Couldn't this become a depends?
>>> It could also be a depends (to resolve the warning).
>> …
>>> It is just the question whether:
>>>
>>> When PROC_FS is not set, should the CHECKPOINT_RESTORE still be
>>> visible as a config option to add (and then automatically add
>>> PROC_FS)? Then select is right here.
>> then CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is the only option selecting PROC_FS while
>> everyone else depends on it _or_ avoids using it in the absence of
>> PROC_FS.
> Right, we should not mix 'select' and 'depends on' for the same
> symbol, as that leads to circular dependencies and general
> confusion.
>
> If there is no way to use CHECKPOINT_RESTORE without procfs,
> then the symbol should just not be visible (it will still show
> up with the dependency when one searches in menuconfig).
> Force-enabling a major subsystem like procfs from another
> symbol is not a good solution.

Agree that,  i will fix it in patch v2.

Thanks,

Ren

>      Arnd
> .