linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 000/493] remove CONFIG

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:41:46 -0500
From:	wfp5p@...idian.itc.virginia.edu (Bill Pemberton)
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org (Andrew Morton)
Cc:	grant.likely@...retlab.ca (Grant Likely),
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 000/493] remove CONFIG_HOTPLUG as an option

Andrew Morton writes:
> 
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:46:11 +0000 Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu> wrote:
> > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG is no longer an optional setting.  In order to remove
> > > it as on option code paths that check CONFIG_HOTPLUG will removed
> > > along with the attributes __devexit_p, __devexit, __devinitconst, and
> > > __devinitdata.
> > >
> > > I'll save the list from the mailbomb of this huge patchset.  The
> > > patches themselves are going to Greg KH for the driver core tree.
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Pemberton (493):
> > [...]
> > >  2942 files changed, 11645 insertions(+), 12116 deletions(-)
> > 
> > So, I've got no problem with the reason for the change and I don't
> > even think you need my ack for the bits that I maintain (though you
> > have it if you want it). However, this looks like it is going to be
> > /painful/. First of all it will touch a huge number of files in the
> > tree. Yes the change is trivial, but it will require manual fixups on
> > a lot of patches.
> 
> Yeah, this is dopey.  Send the script to Linus and ask him to run it
> seven seconds before he releases -rc1, when everyone's trees are
> empty(ish).  Or send him a single megapatch at that time.
> 

I like the script idea for removing all the __dev markings.  Creating
the patches in the first place was a game of whack-a-mole as various
trees changed.

-- 
Bill

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