Re: [PATCH] mm/damon/Kconfig: Hide PAGE_IDLE_FLAG from users

From: Valdis Klētnieks
Date: Fri Aug 13 2021 - 04:20:52 EST


On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:12:38 -0000, SeongJae Park said:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Commit 2a058a1a9914 ("mm/idle_page_tracking: make PG_idle reusable") of
> linux-mm[1] makes CONFIG_PAGE_IDLE_FLAG option to be presented to the
> user. However, the option is hard to be understood by users. Also, it
> is not intended to be set by users but other kernel subsystems like
> DAMON or IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING. To avoid confusions, this commit removes
> the prompt so that the option is not presented to the user.
>
> [1] https://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm/commit/2a058a1a9914
>
> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-By: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx>