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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:09:06 +0200
From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@...il.com>, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>,
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, tglx@...akpoint.cc, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
"kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com" <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>,
Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH] random: silence compiler warnings
and fix race
On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
> How about doing this:
>
> default DEBUG_KERNEL
>
> Most distro kernel select DEBUG_KERNEL because it unhides a bunch of
> other useful configs. Since it doesn't strictly _depend_ on
> DEBUG_KERNEL, I think it's probably a mistake to enforce a false
> dependency. Using it as a hint for the default seems maybe like a good
> middle ground. (And if people can't agree on that, then I guess
> "default n"...)
I didn't know you could do that with Kconfig. Great idea. I'll make
this change and submit a new patch to Ted.
Jason
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