Re: [PATCH 4/4] mm: Rename GENERIC_PTDUMP and PTDUMP_CORE

[Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>]

On 2/13/25 17:19, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> 
> 
> Le 13/02/2025 à 12:23, Steven Price a écrit :
>> On 13/02/2025 04:09, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> Platforms subscribe into generic ptdump implementation via GENERIC_PTDUMP.
>>> But generic ptdump gets enabled via PTDUMP_CORE. These configs combination
>>> is confusing as they sound very similar and does not differentiate between
>>> platform's feature subscription and feature enablement for ptdump. Rename
>>> the configs as ARCH_HAS_PTDUMP and PTDUMP making it more clear and improve
>>> readability.
>>
>> [...]
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
>>> index 77306be62e9e..db005618690b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc885_ads_defconfig
>>> @@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_VM_PGTABLE=y
>>>   CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
>>>   CONFIG_BDI_SWITCH=y
>>>   CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
>>> -CONFIG_GENERIC_PTDUMP=y
>>> +CONFIG_PTDUMP=y
>>
>> I'd suggest dropp this from the defconfig too, just like patch 1 dropped
>> it from debug.config.
>>
> 
> Thanks for spotting that.
> 
> That one is wrong. Was introduced by commit d210ee3fdfe8 ("powerpc/configs: Update config files for removed/renamed symbols") which aimed at fixing commit e084728393a5 ("powerpc/ptdump: Convert powerpc to GENERIC_PTDUMP") but it did it wrong.
> 
> It is CONFIG_PTDUMP_DEBUGFS that is wanted.

Should this replacement be done in the series or would you like it
to be handled in powerpc later ?