[merged mm-nonmm-stable] lib-kconfigdebug-cleanup-config_debug_section_mismatch-help-text.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-nonmm-stable] lib-kconfigdebug-cleanup-config_debug_section_mismatch-help-text.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: cleanup CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH help text
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     lib-kconfigdebug-cleanup-config_debug_section_mismatch-help-text.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-nonmm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: lib/Kconfig.debug: cleanup CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH help text
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 13:27:43 +0100

Simplify formulations, correct flow, split it into proper paragraphs and
update structure.

No functional changes.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251029122743.1110-1-bp@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/Kconfig.debug |   32 ++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~lib-kconfigdebug-cleanup-config_debug_section_mismatch-help-text
+++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -483,23 +483,23 @@ config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
 	bool "Enable full Section mismatch analysis"
 	depends on CC_IS_GCC
 	help
-	  The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal
-	  references from one section to another section.
-	  During linktime or runtime, some sections are dropped;
-	  any use of code/data previously in these sections would
-	  most likely result in an oops.
-	  In the code, functions and variables are annotated with
-	  __init,, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h),
-	  which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
+	  The section mismatch analysis checks if there are illegal references
+	  from one section to another. During linktime or runtime, some
+	  sections are dropped; any use of code/data previously in these
+	  sections would most likely result in an oops.
+
+	  In the code, functions and variables are annotated with __init,
+	  __initdata, and so on (see the full list in include/linux/init.h).
+	  This directs the toolchain to place code/data in specific sections.
+
 	  The section mismatch analysis is always performed after a full
-	  kernel build, and enabling this option causes the following
-	  additional step to occur:
-	  - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc commands.
-	    When inlining a function annotated with __init in a non-init
-	    function, we would lose the section information and thus
-	    the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.
-	    This option tells gcc to inline less (but it does result in
-	    a larger kernel).
+	  kernel build, and enabling this option causes the option
+	  -fno-inline-functions-called-once to be added to gcc commands.
+
+	  However, when inlining a function annotated with __init in
+	  a non-init function, we would lose the section information and thus
+	  the analysis would not catch the illegal reference.  This option
+	  tells gcc to inline less (but it does result in a larger kernel).
 
 config SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY
 	bool "Make section mismatch errors non-fatal"
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from bp@alien8.de are