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Message-ID: <20081014151526.GA30205@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:15:26 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: add BIG FAT WARNING to
	CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 03:41:35PM +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
> CONFIG_DEBUG_BLOCK_EXT_DEVT can break booting even on some modern
> distros.  Add BIG FAT WARNING to keep people at a safe distance.

Just remove the whole "debug" code.  It clutters up all block drivers with
ifdefs and doesn't actually provide any benefit.

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