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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] LOCKDEP: reduce LOCKDEP dependency list
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On 5/24/21 6:41 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Some arches (um, sparc64, riscv, xtensa) cause a Kconfig warning for
> LOCKDEP.
> These arch-es select LOCKDEP_SUPPORT but they are not listed as one
> of the arch-es that LOCKDEP depends on.
>
> Since (16) arch-es define the Kconfig symbol LOCKDEP_SUPPORT if they
> intend to have LOCKDEP support, replace the awkward list of
> arch-es that LOCKDEP depends on with the LOCKDEP_SUPPORT symbol.
>
> But wait. LOCKDEP_SUPPORT is included in LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT,
> which is already a dependency here, so LOCKDEP_SUPPORT is redundant
> and not needed.
> That leaves the FRAME_POINTER dependency, but it is part of an
> expression like this:
> depends on (A && B) && (FRAME_POINTER || B')
> where B' is a dependency of B so if B is true then B' is true
> and the value of FRAME_POINTER does not matter.
> Thus we can also delete the FRAME_POINTER dependency.
>
> Fixes this kconfig warning: (for um, sparc64, riscv, xtensa)
>
> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for LOCKDEP
> Depends on [n]: DEBUG_KERNEL [=y] && LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT [=y] && (FRAME_POINTER [=n] || MIPS || PPC || S390 || MICROBLAZE || ARM || ARC || X86)
> Selected by [y]:
> - PROVE_LOCKING [=y] && DEBUG_KERNEL [=y] && LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT [=y]
> - LOCK_STAT [=y] && DEBUG_KERNEL [=y] && LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT [=y]
> - DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC [=y] && DEBUG_KERNEL [=y] && LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT [=y]
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210517034430.9569-1-rdunlap@infradead.org/
>
> Fixes: 7d37cb2c912d ("lib: fix kconfig dependency on ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS")
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org
> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> Cc: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@cambridgegreys.com>
> Cc: linux-um@lists.infradead.org
> Cc: Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>
> Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> @Julian: please take a look. I'm a little concerned about the
> FRAME_POINTER dependency going away when our 2 patches are combined.
>
> v2: drop depends on LOCKDEP_SUPPORT for LOCKDEP; the use of
> LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT already covers that dependency;
> drop FRAME_POINTER dependency (thanks to Waiman Long
> for both of these suggestions)
> v2: add CC: to linux-arch
>
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20210524.orig/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ linux-next-20210524/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@ config LOCKDEP
> bool
> depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && LOCK_DEBUGGING_SUPPORT
> select STACKTRACE
> - depends on FRAME_POINTER || MIPS || PPC || S390 || MICROBLAZE || ARM || ARC || X86
> select KALLSYMS
> select KALLSYMS_ALL
>
>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>

Cheers,
Longman

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