It's desirable for allnconfig and tinyconfig targets to result in the least amount of code possible. DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP exists as a way to switch off DEV_COREDUMP regardless if any drivers select WANT_DEV_COREDUMP.
This patch renames the option to ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP and setting it to 'n' (as in allnconfig or tinyconfig) will effectively disable device coredump. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> Signed-off-by: Aristeu Rozanski <aroza...@redhat.com> diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index 134f763..63a5702 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -171,20 +171,23 @@ config WANT_DEV_COREDUMP Drivers should "select" this option if they desire to use the device coredump mechanism. -config DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP - bool "Disable device coredump" if EXPERT +config ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP + bool "Enable device coredump" if EXPERT + default y help - Disable the device coredump mechanism despite drivers wanting to - use it; this allows for more sensitive systems or systems that - don't want to ever access the information to not have the code, - nor keep any data. + This option controls if the device coredump mechanism is available or + not; if disabled, the mechanism will be omitted even if drivers that + can use it are enabled. + Say 'N' for more sensitive systems or systems that don't want + to ever access the information to not have the code, nor keep any + data. - If unsure, say N. + If unsure, say Y. config DEV_COREDUMP bool default y if WANT_DEV_COREDUMP - depends on !DISABLE_DEV_COREDUMP + depends on ENABLE_DEV_COREDUMP config DEBUG_DRIVER bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/