+ panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: panic: remove CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Subject: panic: remove CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:43:04 +0200

There's really no need for this since it's 0 or 1 when
CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS is disabled/enabled, so just use IS_ENABLED()
instead.  The extra symbol goes back to the original code adding it in
commit 2a01bb3885c9 ("panic: Make panic_on_oops configurable").

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250924094303.18521-2-johannes@sipsolutions.net
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 kernel/panic.c    |    2 +-
 lib/Kconfig.debug |    6 ------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/panic.c~panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value
+++ a/kernel/panic.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static unsigned int __read_mostly sysctl
 #define sysctl_oops_all_cpu_backtrace 0
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-int panic_on_oops = CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE;
+int panic_on_oops = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS);
 static unsigned long tainted_mask =
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDSTRUCT) ? (1 << TAINT_RANDSTRUCT) : 0;
 static int pause_on_oops;
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value
+++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1067,12 +1067,6 @@ config PANIC_ON_OOPS
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
-config PANIC_ON_OOPS_VALUE
-	int
-	range 0 1
-	default 0 if !PANIC_ON_OOPS
-	default 1 if PANIC_ON_OOPS
-
 config PANIC_TIMEOUT
 	int "panic timeout"
 	default 0
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from johannes.berg@intel.com are

panic-remove-config_panic_on_oops_value.patch