From patchwork Fri Sep 18 19:49:22 2009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Andrew Morton X-Patchwork-Id: 48613 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.176.167]) by demeter.kernel.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n8IJniWg004888 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:50:14 GMT Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752370AbZIRTuK (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:50:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752606AbZIRTuK (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:50:10 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:51741 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752383AbZIRTuJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:50:09 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n8IJnMJO008109 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:49:23 -0700 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id n8IJnMY1018861; Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:49:22 -0700 Message-Id: <200909181949.n8IJnMY1018861@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Subject: [patch 02/18] kernel hacking: move STRIP_ASM_SYMS from General To: sam@ravnborg.org Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, randy.dunlap@oracle.com From: akpm@linux-foundation.org Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:49:22 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.513 required=5 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, OSDL_HEADER_SUBJECT_BRACKETED X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org From: Randy Dunlap Sam suggested moving STRIP_ASM_SYMS into the Kernel hacking menu from the General Setup menu. It makes more sense there. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Sam Ravnborg Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- init/Kconfig | 8 -------- lib/Kconfig.debug | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~kernel-hacking-move-strip_asm_syms-from-general init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~kernel-hacking-move-strip_asm_syms-from-general +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -993,14 +993,6 @@ config SLUB_DEBUG SLUB sysfs support. /sys/slab will not exist and there will be no support for cache validation etc. -config STRIP_ASM_SYMS - bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link" - default n - help - Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols - that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of - get_wchan() and suchlike. - config COMPAT_BRK bool "Disable heap randomization" default y diff -puN lib/Kconfig.debug~kernel-hacking-move-strip_asm_syms-from-general lib/Kconfig.debug --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~kernel-hacking-move-strip_asm_syms-from-general +++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ keys are documented in . Don't say Y unless you really know what this hack does. +config STRIP_ASM_SYMS + bool "Strip assembler-generated symbols during link" + default n + help + Strip internal assembler-generated symbols during a link (symbols + that look like '.Lxxx') so they don't pollute the output of + get_wchan() and suchlike. + config UNUSED_SYMBOLS bool "Enable unused/obsolete exported symbols" default y if X86