2023-05-20 19:18:57

by Andrea Righi

Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] ovl: Kconfig: introduce CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG

Provide a Kconfig option to enable extra debugging checks for overlayfs.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]>
---
fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
index 6708e54b0e30..fec5020c3495 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
@@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.

If unsure, say N.
+
+config OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG
+ bool "Overlayfs: turn on extra debugging checks"
+ default n
+ depends on OVERLAY_FS
+ help
+ Say Y here to enable extra debugging checks in overlayfs.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
--
2.39.2

2023-05-21 07:36:01

by Amir Goldstein

Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ovl: Kconfig: introduce CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 9:41 PM Andrea Righi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Provide a Kconfig option to enable extra debugging checks for overlayfs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <[email protected]>

I think that could be useful someday...

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <[email protected]>

> ---
> fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> index 6708e54b0e30..fec5020c3495 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig
> @@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_METACOPY
> that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results.
>
> If unsure, say N.
> +
> +config OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG
> + bool "Overlayfs: turn on extra debugging checks"
> + default n
> + depends on OVERLAY_FS
> + help
> + Say Y here to enable extra debugging checks in overlayfs.
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> --
> 2.39.2
>