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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 23/28] kconfig: Add yes2modconfig and mod2yesconfig targets.
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 07:26:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200327062646.GB1601217@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200326232357.7516-23-sashal@kernel.org>

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 07:23:52PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 89b9060987d988333de59dd218c9666bd7ee95a5 ]
> 
> Since kernel configs provided by syzbot are close to "make allyesconfig",
> it takes long time to rebuild. This is especially waste of time when we
> need to rebuild for many times (e.g. doing manual printk() inspection,
> bisect operations).
> 
> We can save time if we can exclude modules which are irrelevant to each
> problem. But "make localmodconfig" cannot exclude modules which are built
> into vmlinux because /sbin/lsmod output is used as the source of modules.
> 
> Therefore, this patch adds "make yes2modconfig" which converts from =y
> to =m if possible. After confirming that the interested problem is still
> reproducible, we can try "make localmodconfig" (and/or manually tune
> based on "Modules linked in:" line) in order to exclude modules which are
> irrelevant to the interested problem. While we are at it, this patch also
> adds "make mod2yesconfig" which converts from =m to =y in case someone
> wants to convert from =m to =y after "make localmodconfig".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---
>  scripts/kconfig/Makefile   |  4 +++-
>  scripts/kconfig/conf.c     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/kconfig/lkc.h      |  3 +++
>  4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Why did this patch get picked up by the autobot?  Because it referenced
syzbot?

It adds a new feature, that isn't really needed by any stable things, so
it should be dropped from your queues for all trees.

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-03-27  6:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-26 23:23 [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 01/28] thunderbolt: Fix error code in tb_port_is_width_supported() Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 02/28] drm/bridge: dw-hdmi: fix AVI frame colorimetry Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 03/28] nvme-rdma: Avoid double freeing of async event data Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 04/28] ALSA: hda/realtek: Fix pop noise on ALC225 Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 05/28] staging: wfx: fix warning about freeing in-use mutex during device unregister Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 06/28] kconfig: introduce m32-flag and m64-flag Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 07/28] int128: fix __uint128_t compiler test in Kconfig Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 08/28] drm/amdgpu: add fbdev suspend/resume on gpu reset Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 09/28] drm/amd/display: Add link_rate quirk for Apple 15" MBP 2017 Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 10/28] drm/bochs: downgrade pci_request_region failure from error to warning Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 11/28] initramfs: restore default compression behavior Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 12/28] staging: greybus: loopback_test: fix potential path truncation Sasha Levin
2020-03-27  6:28   ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 13/28] staging: greybus: loopback_test: fix potential path truncations Sasha Levin
2020-03-27  6:28   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 14/28] arm64: smp: fix smp_send_stop() behaviour Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 15/28] arm64: smp: fix crash_smp_send_stop() behaviour Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 16/28] modpost: Get proper section index by get_secindex() instead of st_shndx Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 17/28] drm/amdgpu: fix typo for vcn1 idle check Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 18/28] tools/power turbostat: Fix gcc build warnings Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 19/28] tools/power turbostat: Fix missing SYS_LPI counter on some Chromebooks Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 20/28] tools/power turbostat: Fix 32-bit capabilities warning Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 21/28] nvmet-tcp: set MSG_MORE only if we actually have more to send Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 22/28] btrfs: fix removal of raid[56|1c34} incompat flags after removing block group Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 23/28] kconfig: Add yes2modconfig and mod2yesconfig targets Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:41   ` Tetsuo Handa
2020-03-27  6:26   ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 24/28] ALSA: pcm: oss: Avoid plugin buffer overflow Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 25/28] ALSA: line6: Fix endless MIDI read loop Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 26/28] ALSA: pcm: oss: Remove WARNING from snd_pcm_plug_alloc() checks Sasha Levin
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 27/28] tty: fix compat TIOCGSERIAL leaking uninitialized memory Sasha Levin
2020-03-27  6:27   ` Greg KH
2020-03-26 23:23 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.5 28/28] drm/lease: fix WARNING in idr_destroy Sasha Levin

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