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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] printk: Remove redundant CONFIG_BASE_SMALL
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To: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>, x86@kernel.org,
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Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
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On 27. 01. 24, 23:00, Yoann Congal wrote:
> CONFIG_BASE_SMALL is currently a type int but is only used as a boolean
> equivalent to !CONFIG_BASE_FULL.
> 
> So, remove it entirely and move every usage to !CONFIG_BASE_FULL.
> 
> In addition, recent kconfig changes (see the discussion in Closes: tag)
> revealed that using:
>    config SOMETHING
>       default "some value" if X
> does not work as expected if X is not of type bool.
> 
> CONFIG_BASE_SMALL was used that way in init/Kconfig:
>    config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT
>    	default 12 if !BASE_SMALL
>    	default 0 if BASE_SMALL
> 
> Note: This changes CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=12 to
> CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT=0 for some defconfigs, but that will not be
> a big impact due to this code in kernel/printk/printk.c:
>    /* by default this will only continue through for large > 64 CPUs */
>    if (cpu_extra <= __LOG_BUF_LEN / 2)
>            return;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
> Reported-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAMuHMdWm6u1wX7efZQf=2XUAHascps76YQac6rdnQGhc8nop_Q@mail.gmail.com/
> Fixes: 4e244c10eab3 ("kconfig: remove unneeded symbol_empty variable")
> ---
> v1 patch was named "treewide: Change CONFIG_BASE_SMALL to bool type"
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240126163032.1613731-1-yoann.congal@smile.fr/
> 
> v1 -> v2: Applied Masahiro Yamada's comments (Thanks!):
> * Changed from "Change CONFIG_BASE_SMALL to type bool" to
>    "Remove it and switch usage to !CONFIG_BASE_FULL"
> * Fixed "Fixes:" tag and reference to the mailing list thread.
> * Added a note about CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT changing.
..
> --- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
>   #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>   
>   #define HEADER_SIZE	4u
> -#define CON_BUF_SIZE (CONFIG_BASE_SMALL ? 256 : PAGE_SIZE)
> +#define CON_BUF_SIZE (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BASE_FULL) ? PAGE_SIZE : 256)

Why is the IS_ENABLED() addition needed? You don't say anything about 
that in the commit log.

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs