The patch below does not apply to the 3.16-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 361e9dfbaae84b0b246ed18d1ab7c82a1a41b53e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 16:00:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Hide printk log config if CONFIG_PRINTK=n The buffers sized by CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT and CONFIG_LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT do not exist if CONFIG_PRINTK=n, so don't ask about their size at all. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index e84c6423a2e5..31505a52c165 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ config LOG_BUF_SHIFT int "Kernel log buffer size (16 => 64KB, 17 => 128KB)" range 12 21 default 17 + depends on PRINTK help Select the minimal kernel log buffer size as a power of 2. The final size is affected by LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT config @@ -830,6 +831,7 @@ config LOG_CPU_MAX_BUF_SHIFT range 0 21 default 12 if !BASE_SMALL default 0 if BASE_SMALL + depends on PRINTK help This option allows to increase the default ring buffer size according to the number of CPUs. The value defines the contribution -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html