When CONFIG_MODULES is disabled, CONFIG_UNUSED_SYMBOLS is pointless, thus it should be invisible.
Instead of adding "depends on MODULES", I moved it to the sub-menu "Enable loadable module support", which is a better fit. I put it close to TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS because it depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> --- init/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ lib/Kconfig.debug | 16 ---------------- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index 9e72cc6071f5..b3100aa3138f 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -2117,6 +2117,22 @@ config MODULE_COMPRESS_XZ endchoice +config UNUSED_SYMBOLS + bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" + default y if X86 + help + Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For + that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This + option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case + some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you + encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually + using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using + this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the + wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a + mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why + you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for + your module is. + config TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS bool "Trim unused exported kernel symbols" depends on !UNUSED_SYMBOLS diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index 5960e2980a8a..e0e14780a13d 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -277,22 +277,6 @@ config READABLE_ASM to keep kernel developers who have to stare a lot at assembler listings sane. -config UNUSED_SYMBOLS - bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" - default y if X86 - help - Unused but exported symbols make the kernel needlessly bigger. For - that reason most of these unused exports will soon be removed. This - option is provided temporarily to provide a transition period in case - some external kernel module needs one of these symbols anyway. If you - encounter such a case in your module, consider if you are actually - using the right API. (rationale: since nobody in the kernel is using - this in a module, there is a pretty good chance it's actually the - wrong interface to use). If you really need the symbol, please send a - mail to the linux kernel mailing list mentioning the symbol and why - you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for - your module is. - config DEBUG_FS bool "Debug Filesystem" help -- 2.17.1
