[patch 06/10] kernel-hacking: move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE

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From: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel-hacking: move SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK after DEBUG_STACK_USAGE

They are both memory debug options to debug kernel stack issues.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190909144453.3520-7-changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 lib/Kconfig.debug |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug~hacking-move-sched_stack_end_check-after-debug_stack_usage
+++ a/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -632,6 +632,18 @@ config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 
 	  This option will slow down process creation somewhat.
 
+config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
+	bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule().
+	  If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as
+	  the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted.
+	  This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in
+	  data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
+	  is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
+
 config DEBUG_VM
 	bool "Debug VM"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
@@ -985,18 +997,6 @@ config SCHEDSTATS
 	  application, you can say N to avoid the very slight overhead
 	  this adds.
 
-config SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
-	bool "Detect stack corruption on calls to schedule()"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
-	default n
-	help
-	  This option checks for a stack overrun on calls to schedule().
-	  If the stack end location is found to be over written always panic as
-	  the content of the corrupted region can no longer be trusted.
-	  This is to ensure no erroneous behaviour occurs which could result in
-	  data corruption or a sporadic crash at a later stage once the region
-	  is examined. The runtime overhead introduced is minimal.
-
 config DEBUG_TIMEKEEPING
 	bool "Enable extra timekeeping sanity checking"
 	help
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