Re: [PATCH v1] init: Do not select DEBUG_KERNEL by default

[Sinan Kaya]

On 4/10/2019 6:28 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index c9386a365eea..7ce4a60ab3e9 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1188,8 +1188,6 @@ config BPF
>
>   menuconfig EXPERT
>          bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
> -       # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
> -       select DEBUG_KERNEL
>          help
>            This option allows certain base kernel options and settings
>             to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index d4df5b24d75e..6a9bc118b64a 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ config MAGIC_SYSRQ_SERIAL
>
>   config DEBUG_KERNEL
>          bool "Kernel debugging"
> +       default EXPERT
>          help
>            Say Y here if you are developing drivers or trying to debug and
>            identify kernel problems.

Got it. Thanks. I'll test and respin v2.