linux-kernel - Re: wierd new config options

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Message-ID: <20081023201949.GA29258@lst.de>
Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:19:49 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: wierd new config options

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 03:59:42PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> >Why is UNEVICTABLE_LRU and option?  Is there any rason to turn it off or
> >is this just to confuse users?
> 
> Since the swapout code itself is already configurable with
> CONFIG_SWAP, I do believe we want to be able to config out
> the unevictable LRU code.
> 
> I guess it could be argued that maybe CONFIG_UNEVICTABLE_LRU
> should just be folded into CONFIG_SWAP...

Sounds like a good plan.

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