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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/9] hacking: make 'kernel hacking' menu better structurized
Gentle ping for status of this series. thx!

On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 10:44:44PM +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 structurized yet.
>
> Early discussion is here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/1/39
>
> This is a preview:
>
> │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
> │ │ printk and dmesg options ---> │ │
> │ │ Compile-time checks and compiler options ---> │ │
> │ │ Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments ---> │ │
> │ │ -*- Kernel debugging │ │
> │ │ [*] Miscellaneous debug code │ │
> │ │ Memory Debugging ---> │ │
> │ │ [ ] Debug shared IRQ handlers │ │
> │ │ Debug Oops, Lockups and Hangs ---> │ │
> │ │ Scheduler Debugging ---> │ │
> │ │ [*] Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking │ │
> │ │ Lock Debugging (spinlocks, mutexes, etc...) ---> │ │
> │ │ -*- Stack backtrace support │ │
> │ │ [ ] Warn for all uses of unseeded randomness │ │
> │ │ [ ] kobject debugging │ │
> │ │ Debug kernel data structures ---> │ │
> │ │ [ ] Debug credential management │ │
> │ │ RCU Debugging ---> │ │
> │ │ [ ] Force round-robin CPU selection for unbound work items │ │
> │ │ [ ] Force extended block device numbers and spread them │ │
> │ │ [ ] Enable CPU hotplug state control │ │
> │ │ [*] Latency measuring infrastructure │ │
> │ │ [*] Tracers ---> │ │
> │ │ [ ] Remote debugging over FireWire early on boot │ │
> │ │ [*] Sample kernel code ---> │ │
> │ │ [*] Filter access to /dev/mem │ │
> │ │ [ ] Filter I/O access to /dev/mem │ │
> │ │ [ ] Additional debug code for syzbot │ │
> │ │ x86 Debugging ---> │ │
> │ │ Kernel Testing and Coverage ---> │ │
> │ │ │ │
> │ │ │ │
> │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
> ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
> │ <Select> < Exit > < Help > < Save > < Load > │
> └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>
> v3:
> o change subject prefix.
> v2:
> o rebase to linux-next.
> o move DEBUG_FS to 'Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments'
> o move DEBUG_NOTIFIERS to 'Debug kernel data structures'
>
> Changbin Du (9):
> hacking: Group sysrq/kgdb/ubsan into 'Generic Kernel Debugging
> Instruments'
> hacking: Create submenu for arch special debugging options
> hacking: Group kernel data structures debugging together
> hacking: Move kernel testing and coverage options to same submenu
> hacking: Move Oops into 'Lockups and Hangs'
> hacking: Move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
> hacking: Create a submenu for scheduler debugging options
> hacking: Move DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE to 'printk and dmesg options'
> hacking: Move DEBUG_FS to 'Generic Kernel Debugging Instruments'
>
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 659 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> 1 file changed, 340 insertions(+), 319 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>

--
Cheers,
Changbin Du

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