From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Hansen Subject: [PATCH 1/7] move debugfs to filesystems menu (fs/Kconfig) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:22:07 -0500 Message-ID: <20121217182207.4CF51258@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com> References: <20121217182206.91AA150A@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com> Return-path: Received: from e7.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.137]:45512 "EHLO e7.ny.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753412Ab2LQSXS (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:23:18 -0500 Received: from /spool/local by e7.ny.us.ibm.com with IBM ESMTP SMTP Gateway: Authorized Use Only! Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:23:18 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20121217182206.91AA150A@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, Dave Hansen debugfs may have started out as a kernel hacking kind of option. But, today, it is an integral part of lots of facilities like tracing that are far from kernel hacking. Let's move it out of the very cluttered "Kernel Hacking" menu and but it next to its real family: other filesystems like sysfs, configfs, or /proc. Also, "Debug filesystem" sounds like a debugging option _for_ filesystems code, not a filesystem for debugging. We also never call it "the debug filesystem." We always say "debugfs", so reflect the fact that we _call_ it debugfs in the menu text. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen --- linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++ linux-2.6.git-dave/lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ------------ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/Kconfig~be-clear-about-debugfs fs/Kconfig --- linux-2.6.git/fs/Kconfig~be-clear-about-debugfs 2012-12-17 12:34:03.955929278 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/fs/Kconfig 2012-12-17 12:34:03.963929345 -0500 @@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ config HUGETLBFS config HUGETLB_PAGE def_bool HUGETLBFS +config DEBUG_FS + bool "Debug Filesystem (debugfs)" + help + debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put + debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and + write to these files. + + For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see + Documentation/DocBook/filesystems. + + If unsure, say N. + source "fs/configfs/Kconfig" endmenu diff -puN lib/Kconfig.debug~be-clear-about-debugfs lib/Kconfig.debug --- linux-2.6.git/lib/Kconfig.debug~be-clear-about-debugfs 2012-12-17 12:34:03.959929312 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/lib/Kconfig.debug 2012-12-17 12:34:03.963929345 -0500 @@ -99,18 +99,6 @@ config UNUSED_SYMBOLS you really need it, and what the merge plan to the mainline kernel for your module is. -config DEBUG_FS - bool "Debug Filesystem" - help - debugfs is a virtual file system that kernel developers use to put - debugging files into. Enable this option to be able to read and - write to these files. - - For detailed documentation on the debugfs API, see - Documentation/DocBook/filesystems. - - If unsure, say N. - config HEADERS_CHECK bool "Run 'make headers_check' when building vmlinux" depends on !UML _