Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Fix break in middle of EXPERT menu

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 09:04:55AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> wrote:
> 
> > Commit e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y &&
> > !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable") made BPF_SYSCALL no
> > longer hidden with !EXPERT, but left it in the middle of the EXPERT
> > menu.  menuconfig stops putting config items under a submenu once it
> > encounters an item that doesn't depend on the menu's config item, so
> > this caused the remainder of the EXPERT menu to spill out into the
> > containing menu around it.  Fix by moving BPF_SYSCALL before the EXPERT
> > menu, next to BPF.
> > 
> > Fixes: e1abf2cc8d5 ("bpf: Fix the build on BPF_SYSCALL=y && !CONFIG_TRACING kernels, make it more configurable")
> > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > Ingo, do you want to take this through -tip?  Or should this go 
> > through some other tree?
> 
> I can pick it up, but -mm might be better suited for this, if you do:

Fair enough.

> > I'm also thinking about splitting the entire EXPERT menu into a 
> > separate Kconfig.expert and including it from init/Kconfig, to make 
> > it clear that everything in that menu should only be visible if 
> > EXPERT.  Right now, the long EXPERT menu blends into the longer 
> > init/Kconfig, and issues like this happen every few kernel releases.
> 
> That's a good idea as well.

I did so, in a patch later in this thread.

- Josh Triplett