Re: [PATCH 1/4] lib: make test_bitops compilable into the kernel image

From: Kuan-Wei Chiu
Date: Thu May 02 2024 - 22:00:19 EST


On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 04:32:01PM -0700, Yury Norov wrote:
> The test is limited to be compiled as a module. There's no technical
> reason for it. Now that the test bears performance benchmark, it would
> be reasonable to allow running it at kernel load time, before userspace
> starts, to reduce possible jitter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> lib/Kconfig.debug | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index c63a5fbf1f1c..fc8fe1ea5b49 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -2436,7 +2436,6 @@ config TEST_LKM
>
> config TEST_BITOPS
> tristate "Test module for compilation of bitops operations"
> - depends on m


Perhaps it would be better to modify the description in the following
help section at the same time?

Reviewed-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@xxxxxxxxx>

> help
> This builds the "test_bitops" module that is much like the
> TEST_LKM module except that it does a basic exercise of the
> --
> 2.40.1
>