Re: [OS-BUILD PATCH] [redhat] New configs in lib/Kconfig.debug

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On 8/5/20 1:24 PM, GitLab Bridge on behalf of jeremycline wrote:
> From: Fedora Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As part of the ongoing rebase effort, the following configuration
> options need to be reviewed.
> 
> As a reminder, the ARK configuration flow involves moving unreviewed
> configuration options from the pending directory to the ark directory.
> In the diff below, options are removed from the pending directory and
> added to the ark hierarchy. The final options that need to be ACKed
> are the files that are being added to the ark hierarchy.
> 
> If the value for a file that is added should be changed, please reply
> with a better option.
> 
>  CONFIG_TEST_FPU:
> 
>  Enable this option to add /sys/kernel/debug/selftest_helpers/test_fpu
>  which will trigger a sequence of floating point operations. This is used
>  for self-testing floating point control register setting in
>  kernel_fpu_begin().
> 
>  If unsure, say N.
> 
>  Symbol: TEST_FPU [=n]
>  Type  : tristate
>  Defined at lib/Kconfig.debug:2317
>    Prompt: Test floating point operations in kernel space
>    Depends on: RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU [=y] && X86 [=y] && !KCOV_INSTRUMENT_ALL [=n]
>    Location:
>      -> Kernel hacking
>        -> Kernel Testing and Coverage
>          -> Runtime Testing (RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU [=y])

We could enable this in the debug kernel but I wonder if there's any merit in
doing so given how different the debug kernel is.

I'm going to ack this off but can certainly see someone making an argument to
enable it for -debug.

Acked-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@xxxxxxxxxx>

P.
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