Re: [PATCH rcu 07/27] block: Remove "select SRCU"

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu Jan 05 2023 - 10:37:05 EST


On 1/5/23 8:33 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 09:05:47AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 05:43:07PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 1/4/23 5:37 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>>>> Now that the SRCU Kconfig option is unconditionally selected, there is
>>>> no longer any point in selecting it. Therefore, remove the "select SRCU"
>>>> Kconfig statements.
>>>
>>> I'm assuming something earlier made this true (only CC'ed on this patch,
>>> not the cover letter or interesting btis...), then:
>>
>> I was wondering the same. But it is already unconditionally enabled
>> since commit 0cd7e350abc4 ("rcu: Make SRCU mandatory").
>
> Ah, apologies for the terseness!
>
> I took the coward's way out by making CONFIG_SRCU unconditional during
> the last merge window and removing all references during this merge
> window. ;-)

Are you intending for maintainers to pick up these patches, or are you
collecting acks for sending the series separately? That part is also
not clear :-)

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Jens Axboe