linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V1 02/14] Consolidate "post read processing" into a new file

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Message-ID: <20190424142423.GA12761@infradead.org>
Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 07:24:23 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, ebiggers@...nel.org, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        yuchao0@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 02/14] Consolidate "post read processing" into a new
 file

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 03:34:17PM +0530, Chandan Rajendra wrote:
> To clarify, Are you suggesting that a new kconfig option (say
> CONFIG_FS_READ_CALLBACKS) be provided to the user so that the following could
> occur,
> 
> 1. User selects CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION and/or CONFIG_FS_VERITY and this causes
> CONFIG_FS_READ_CALLBACKS to be set to 'y'.
> 2. User selects CONFIG_FS_READ_CALLBACKS explicitly.

If you don't add a user description to a Kconfig entry it won't be
visible to users, but only selectable by other options.  That is what
I suggest.