linux/arch/Kconfig

#
# General architecture dependent options
#

config OPROFILE
	tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
	depends on PROFILING
	depends on HAVE_OPROFILE
	help
	  OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
	  whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,
	  and applications.

	  If unsure, say N.

config HAVE_OPROFILE
	def_bool n

config KPROBES
	bool "Kprobes"
	depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES
	depends on HAVE_KPROBES
	help
	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
	  a probepoint and specifies the callback.  Kprobes is useful
	  for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.
	  If in doubt, say "N".

config HAVE_KPROBES
	def_bool n
Create arch/Kconfig Puts the content of arch/Kconfig in the "General setup" menu. Linus: > Should it come with a re-duplication of it's content into each > architecture, which was the case previously ? The oprofile and kprobes > menu entries were litteraly cut and pasted from one architecture to > another. Should we put its content in init/Kconfig then ? I don't think it's a good idea to go back to making it per-architecture, although that extensive "depends on <list-of-archiectures-here>" might indicate that there certainly is room for cleanup there. And I don't think it's wrong keeping it in kernel/Kconfig.xyz per se, I just think it's wrong to (a) lump the code together when it really doesn't necessarily need to and (b) show it to users as some kind of choice that is tied together (whether it then has common code or not). On the per-architecture side, I do think it would be better to not have internal architecture knowledge in a generic file, and as such a line like depends on X86_32 \|\| IA64 \|\| PPC \|\| S390 \|\| SPARC64 \|\| X86_64 \|\| AVR32 really shouldn't exist in a file like kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation. It would be much better to do depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_KPROBES in that generic file, and then architectures that do support it would just have a bool ARCH_SUPPORTS_KPROBES default y in their architecture files. That would seem to be much more logical, and is readable both for arch maintainers and for people who have no clue - and don't care - about which architecture is supposed to support which interface... Sam Ravnborg: Stuff it into a new file: arch/Kconfig We can then extend this file to include all the 'trailing' Kconfig things that are anyway equal for all ARCHs. But it should be kept clean - so if we introduce such a file then we should use ARCH_HAS_whatever in the arch specific Kconfig files to enable stuff that is not shared. [...] The above suggestion is actually not exactly the best way to do it... First the naming.. A quick grep shows following usage today (in Kconfig files) ARCH_HAS 51 ARCH_SUPPORTS 4 HAVE_ARCH 7 ARCH_HAS is the clear winner. In the common Kconfig file do: config FOO depends on ARCH_HAS_FOO bool "bla bla" config ARCH_HAS_FOO def_bool n In the arch specific Kconfig file in a suitable place do: config SUITABLE_OPTION select ARCH_HAS_FOO The naming of ARCH_HAS_ is fixed and shall be: ARCH_HAS_<config option it will enable> Only a single line added pr. architecture. And we will end up with a (maybe even commented) list of trivial selects. - Yet another update : Moving to HAVE_* now. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> 2008-02-02 20:10:33 +00:00			`#`
			`# General architecture dependent options`
			`#`
Move Kconfig.instrumentation to arch/Kconfig and init/Kconfig Move the instrumentation Kconfig to arch/Kconfig for architecture dependent options - oprofile - kprobes and init/Kconfig for architecture independent options - profiling - markers Remove the "Instrumentation Support" menu. Everything moves to "General setup". Delete the kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation file. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> 2008-02-02 20:10:36 +00:00
			`config OPROFILE`
			`tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"`
			`depends on PROFILING`
			`depends on HAVE_OPROFILE`
			`help`
			`OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the`
			`whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,`
			`and applications.`

			`If unsure, say N.`

			`config HAVE_OPROFILE`
			`def_bool n`

			`config KPROBES`
			`bool "Kprobes"`
			`depends on KALLSYMS && MODULES`
			`depends on HAVE_KPROBES`
			`help`
			`Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and`
			`execute a callback function. register_kprobe() establishes`
			`a probepoint and specifies the callback. Kprobes is useful`
			`for kernel debugging, non-intrusive instrumentation and testing.`
			`If in doubt, say "N".`

			`config HAVE_KPROBES`
			`def_bool n`