linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

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Message-ID: <20160915211555.GA16992@cloud>
Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:15:55 -0700
From:   Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:     Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Cc:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3) posix-timers: make it configurable

On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:07:24PM +0200, Richard Cochran wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 12:58:22PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> > This doesn't look too bad.
> 
> I disagree.  It looks ugly.  If tinification means sprinkling more and
> more of these conditionals all over the place, then it is going to be
> a tough sell.

Looking at this particular patch, it does seem a bit much for the
ability to have PTP without timers.  That doesn't seem like a very
likely combination.  Handling that in Kconfig seems fine, unless there's
a concrete use case for that combination.

- Josh Triplett