kernel submit checklist “Any new or modified CONFIG options don’t muck up the config menu”?

In kernel submit checklist rule
“Any new or modified CONFIG options don’t muck up the config menu” does this mean we should not add new or modify exiting config options that appear in make menuconfig options ?

Please correct my understanding ?

Answer

It means that you should be careful when adding a configuration option. Sometimes it is not straightforward how a menu is created. For example, you may have the beginning of a menu in a Kconfig file then multiple submenus from other included Kconfig file. That is for example how the ARM multiplatform menu is created: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/Kconfig#n830