Re: [PATCH] Make LIST_POISON less deadly

[Avi Kivity]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Any idea how to override a value in Kconfig?  We can do it for bool 
> > values but not strings.
> >
> > e.g.
> >
> > lib/Kconfig:
> >  config ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE
> >      hex
> >      default 0
> >
> > arch/x86/Kconfig:
> >  config X86
> >    select ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE=0x80000000000000000000000000 if X86_64
> >
> > ?
> >
> > I could do it with a boolean signifying existence and a hex for the 
> > value, but I'd rather not.
> >     
>
> Sorry - no help here. I have not tried to work that much with int in
> Kconfig.
>
>   

I found some workaround (define the variable only on archs that want it, 
use #ifdef to check).

> That said I really think stuff like this belongs in a header file.
> I do not agree to hide this as part of the configuration.
>   

While I agree with you, I defer to Ingo on this.

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