Re: [PATCH] configs/debug: add NET debug config

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:02:53 -0800 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:39:55 -0800 Kees Cook wrote:
> > > Notes:
> > >   - It looks like this debug.config doesn't have a specific maintainer.
> > >     If this patch is not rejected, I don't know if this modification can
> > >     go through the net tree, or if it should be handled by Andrew.
> > >     Probably the latter? I didn't add [net-next] in the subject for this
> > >     reason.  
> > 
> > Adding these seem reasonable. I touched debug.config last, so I can take
> > it via the kernel hardening tree if netdev doesn't want to take it.
> 
> I'd prefer to have it in net-next sooner rather than later, because
> when our CI hits an issue we can tell people:
> 
> 	make defconfig debug.config
> 	make
> 
> otherwise I have to explain what options to twiddle with. And the
> refcount options do catch bugs, I had to do this exact the explaining
> last Friday :(
> 
> So I'd offer these three options:
>  - we put it on a shared branch and both pull in
>  - you send to Linus within a week and we'll get it soon that way
>  - we take it to net-next directly
> 
> What's your preference?

It's a net patch.  Put it in the net tree.