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Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning

From Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning
Date 2016-10-07 06:10 +0200
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On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> wrote:
> On a whim, I decided to turn on CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE on
> Fedora rawhide since it sounded harmless enough. It spewed warnings
> and panicked some systems. Clearly it's  doing its job
> well of finding drivers that can't handle remove properly and I
> underestimated it. I was expecting to maybe find a driver or two.
> Can we get stronger Kconfig text indicating that this shouldn't be
> turned on lightly? I'll be turning the option off in Fedora but sending
> out reports from what was found.

It hides behind CONFIG_DEBUG already. Is there a better option that
distros won't turn on?

Rob

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CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-10-07 02:00 +0200
  Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-10-07 06:10 +0200
    Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-10-07 17:50 +0200
  Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-10-07 06:10 +0200
    Re: CONFIG_DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE needs a warning Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-10-07 17:50 +0200
  [PATCH] driver core: Make Kconfig text for DEBUG_TEST_DRIVER_REMOVE stronger Laura Abbott <labbott@redhat.com> - 2016-10-07 18:10 +0200

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