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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/Kconfig.debug')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index d4c8c9323aa4..4ac4ca21a30a 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -305,19 +305,26 @@ config DEBUG_FS If unsure, say N. -config HEADERS_CHECK - bool "Run 'make headers_check' when building vmlinux" +config HEADERS_INSTALL + bool "Install uapi headers to usr/include" depends on !UML help - This option will extract the user-visible kernel headers whenever - building the kernel, and will run basic sanity checks on them to - ensure that exported files do not attempt to include files which - were not exported, etc. + This option will install uapi headers (headers exported to user-space) + into the usr/include directory for use during the kernel build. + This is unneeded for building the kernel itself, but needed for some + user-space program samples. It is also needed by some features such + as uapi header sanity checks. + +config HEADERS_CHECK + bool "Run sanity checks on uapi headers when building 'all'" + depends on HEADERS_INSTALL + help + This option will run basic sanity checks on uapi headers when + building the 'all' target, for example, ensure that they do not + attempt to include files which were not exported, etc. If you're making modifications to header files which are - relevant for userspace, say 'Y', and check the headers - exported to $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH) (usually 'usr/include' in - your build tree), to make sure they're suitable. + relevant for userspace, say 'Y'. config OPTIMIZE_INLINING bool "Allow compiler to uninline functions marked 'inline'" |