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From:   Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 19:39:03 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] init: Do not select DEBUG_KERNEL by default
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        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 5:56 PM Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> We can't seem to have a kernel with CONFIG_EXPERT set but
> CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL unset these days.
>
> While some of the features under the CONFIG_EXPERT require
> CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL, it doesn't apply for all features.
>
> It looks like CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL is the only feature that
> requires CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.
>
> Select CONFIG_EXPERT when CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL is chosen but
> you can still choose CONFIG_EXPERT without CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

Masahiro, should this go via your tree, or somewhere else?

Thanks!

-Kees

> ---
>  init/Kconfig      | 2 --
>  lib/Kconfig.debug | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 4592bf7997c0..37e10a8391a3 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1206,8 +1206,6 @@ config BPF
>
>  menuconfig EXPERT
>         bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
> -       # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
> -       select DEBUG_KERNEL
>         help
>           This option allows certain base kernel options and settings
>            to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 0d9e81779e37..9fbf3499ec8d 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ_SERIAL
>
>  config DEBUG_KERNEL
>         bool "Kernel debugging"
> +       default EXPERT
>         help
>           Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
>           identify kernel problems.
> --
> 2.21.0
>


-- 
Kees Cook