linux-kernel - RE: [-mm patch] the ASYNC_* options shouldn't be user visible

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Message-ID: <0C7297FA1D2D244A9C7F6959C0BF1E5201F0337F@azsmsx413.amr.corp.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:19:53 -0700
From:	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...sta.de>,
	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Herbert Xu" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: RE: [-mm patch] the ASYNC_* options shouldn't be user visible

> From: Adrian Bunk [mailto:bunk@...sta.de]
> >...
> > Changes since 2.6.22-rc2-mm1:
> >...
> >  git-md-accel.patch
> >...
> >  git trees
> >...
> 
> 
> The ASYNC_* options are for internal helper code and should therefore
> not be user visible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
> 
> ---
> 
> BTW: Please move the async_tx directory under drivers/ or lib/
> 
Yes, I was feeling somewhat exposed with the options in the top level
config, but at least it got a few more eyes on the code.  I will fold in
your patch and move async_tx under lib/ for now, but at some point I
would like to investigate the potential synergies with crypto/.

Thanks,
Dan
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