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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	yamada.masahiro@socionext.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genirq: move debugfs option to kernel hacking
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 18:10:33 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190901101032.7pysfrpincyrci35@mail.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1909010814360.3955@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>

On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 08:23:02AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Sep 2019, Changbin Du wrote:
> 
> > Just like the other generic debug options, move the irq one to
> > 'Kernel hacking' menu.
> 
> Why?
> 
> Kernel hacking is a inscrutable mess where you can waste a lot of time to
> find what you are looking for.
>
yes, the 'kernel hacking' menu has many items now and are not well structured.
Let me see if it can be improved.

> If I want to debug interrupts then having the option right there where all
> other interrupt related configuration is makes tons of sense.
> 
> I would be less opposed to this when the kernel hacking menu would be
> halfways well structured, but you just chose another random place for that
> option which is worse than what we have now.
> 
We already have an irq debug option CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ here. Maybe we can group
them into a submenu.

> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Cheers,
Changbin Du

  reply	other threads:[~2019-09-01 10:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-01  3:55 Changbin Du
2019-09-01  6:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-09-01 10:10   ` Changbin Du [this message]
2019-09-01 10:49     ` Marc Zyngier
2019-09-04  0:50       ` Changbin Du

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