[PATCH V2 2/2] mtd: tests: annotate as DANGEROUS in Kconfig

Wolfram Sang w.sang at pengutronix.de
Sun Oct 30 12:28:49 EDT 2011


The tests may erase mtd devices, so annotate them as suggested per
coding style and add a paragraph to the help text as well.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang at pengutronix.de>
---

Thanks to Artem for letting me know of this coding style suggestion.

 drivers/mtd/Kconfig |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 4be8373..cb1821b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@ config MTD_DEBUG_VERBOSE
 	  Determines the verbosity level of the MTD debugging messages.
 
 config MTD_TESTS
-	tristate "MTD tests support"
+	tristate "MTD tests support (DANGEROUS)"
 	depends on m
 	help
 	  This option includes various MTD tests into compilation. The tests
 	  should normally be compiled as kernel modules. The modules perform
 	  various checks and verifications when loaded.
 
+	  WARNING: Some of the tests will ERASE THE CONTENT of mtd devices!
+	  Do not use these tests unless you are sure you really need to.
+
 config MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS
 	tristate "RedBoot partition table parsing"
 	---help---
-- 
1.7.6.3




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