Re: [patch 8/8] stacktrace filtering for fault-injection capabilities

Akinobu Mita
2006-09-20T14:36:31Z

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:35:27AM -0700, Don Mullis wrote:
> There's no problem with hiding per se, but rather with the indentation
> level. It's most natural for the user to have dependent options
> indented under their "parent". For an example, in "menuconfig" try
> setting "Compile the kernel with frame unwind information";
> notice that "Stack unwind support" appears immediately underneath
> it, indented. The indentation reminds the user why "Stack unwind
> support" has appeared.
>

I see.

> Note that several of the pre-existing, non-fault-injection options
> under "Kernel debugging", are also broken in this way.

Perhaps you can move UNWIND_INFO, STACK_UNWIND, and DEBUG_FS
entries ealier in the list. It improves improve appearance for
other DEBUG_KERNEL dependent config options like (DEBUG_VM,
FRAME_POINTER, ...).