[PATCH v2 08/11] kernel: add DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED config option

[Stijn Tintel]

Add DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED as a kernel config option and remove it from the
kernel configs. This is in preparation of the upcoming option to enable
BTF typeinfo, which is incompatible with DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED.

Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn at linux-ipv6.be>
---
 config/Config-kernel.in          | 14 ++++++++++++++
 target/linux/generic/config-5.10 |  1 -
 target/linux/generic/config-5.15 |  1 -
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 5e12ddd78d..a9f4172d7f 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -368,6 +368,20 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
 	help
 	  This will compile your kernel and modules with debug information.
 
+config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
+	bool "Reduce debugging information"
+	default y
+	depends on KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
+	help
+	  If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging
+	  information for structure types. This means that tools that
+	  need full debugging information (like kgdb or systemtap) won't
+	  be happy. But if you merely need debugging information to
+	  resolve line numbers there is no loss. Advantage is that
+	  build directory object sizes shrink dramatically over a full
+	  DEBUG_INFO build and compile times are reduced too.
+	  Only works with newer gcc versions.
+
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_LL_UART_NONE
 	bool
 	default n
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
index a46fe13e64..806017e505 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.10
@@ -1276,7 +1276,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_COMPRESSED is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 is not set
-CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-5.15 b/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
index 04c5d51409..9f5ca48b07 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-5.15
@@ -1309,7 +1309,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_FS_ALLOW_ALL=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4 is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5 is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT=y
-CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_IRQFLAGS is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
-- 
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