Re: [PATCH] kconfig: prefer toolchain default for debug information choice

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On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Kconfig by default chooses the first entry of a choice setting.
> > For the "debug information" choice this is DEBUG_INFO_NONE which
> > disables debug information completely.
> >
> > The kconfig choice itself recommends to use "Toolchain default":
> >
> >         Choose which version of DWARF debug info to emit. If unsure,
> >         select "Toolchain default".
> >
> > Align the actual configuration with the recommendation by providing an
> > explicit default.
> >
> > This also enables more codepaths from allmodconfig/allyesconfig which
> > depend on debug information being available.
>
> Please give me some examples for "more codepaths" enabled by DEBUG_INFO
> because this is the opposite to the previous decision.
>
>
> Commit f9b3cd24578401e7a392974b3353277286e49cee mentions:
>
>   all*config target ends up taking much longer and the output is much larger.
>   Having this be "default off" makes sense.
>
>
>
> allmodconfig is often used for compile testing in CI/CD.
> We need to see the sufficient gain that sacrifices
> the build speed.
>

Presumably, DEBUG_INFO_BTF is the one because you submitted
some patches at the same time.

Are there some compile errors that are not detected
when DEBUG_INFO_BTF is disabled?




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada





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