linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sunrpc: drop "select NETVM"

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Date:	Sat, 9 Mar 2013 12:51:18 -0500
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sunrpc: drop "select NETVM"

ACK.

On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 05:02:31PM +0100, Paul Bolle wrote:
> The Kconfig entry for SUNRPC_SWAP selects NETVM. That select statement
> was added in commit a564b8f0398636ba30b07c0eaebdef7ff7837249 ("nfs:
> enable swap on NFS").

Cc'ing Mel Gorman just in case there was something else going on there.

--b.

> But there's no Kconfig symbol NETVM. It apparently
> was only in used in development versions of the swap over nfs
> functionality but never entered mainline. Anyhow, it is a nop and can
> safely be dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/Kconfig b/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
> index 516fe2c..262caf0 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/Kconfig
> @@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ config SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA
>  config SUNRPC_SWAP
>  	bool
>  	depends on SUNRPC
> -	select NETVM
>  
>  config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
>  	tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism"
> -- 
> 1.7.11.7
> 
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