Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] tools: Introduce a kernel configuration checker

["Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@linutronix.de>]

Hi Nicolas,

On Wed, 11 Nov 2026, Nicolas Schier wrote:
>
> Thanks!  I know some people who are definitly interested in such a
> config policy checker.
>

Great, thanks!

I hope this leads to more mainline kernel configuration policies as well.

On the user-space side, it's one of the reasons I'm versioning the schema
in v2.  This way, projects like systemd can ship their own kernel policy
file, and that policy will be guaranteed to work with all future versions
of this tool.

So it's all mainline-first; both kernel upstream and userspace downstream.

> Please prepare a new MAINTAINERS entry in a respin.

Sure.

Beside a separate entry for the checker itself, I'll also add:

    F: tools/kconfig-audit/policies/preempt_rt.yml

to the 'Real-time Linux (PREEMPT_RT)' entry.

> Are you planning to maintain it after inclusion?

Yes, I'll be happy to maintain it.

Would it be OK if one or two people from the Kconfig side also step-up as
reviewrs?  Julian? Nicolas? Nathan?

Thanks,

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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH