>> I do select it, but by randconfig I still need to handle the >> CONFIG_X86_MCE=n case. >> >>> I'm seriously wondering whether the ifdef still makes sense. Now I don't have an extra exception table and routines to sort/search/fixup, it doesn't seem as useful as it was a few iterations ago. >> >> Either way is ok with me. That said, the extra definitions to allow >> it compile out when not enabled don't seem too onerous. > > This works for me, because all we need is the definitions. As long as > we don't attempt to link to mcsafe_copy() we get the benefit of > compiling this out when de-selected: It seems that Kconfig's "select" statement doesn't auto-select other things that are dependencies of the symbol you choose. CONFIG_MCE_KERNEL_RECOVERY really is dependent on CONFIG_X86_MCE ... having the code for the __mcsafe_copy() linked into the kernel won't do you any good without a machine check handler that jumps to the fixup code. So I think you have to select X86_MCE as well (or Kconfig needs to be taught to do it automatically ... but I have a nagging feeling that this is known behavior). -Tony {.n++%ݶw{.n+{G{ayʇڙ,jfhz_(階ݢj"mG?&~iOzv^m ?I