linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fscrypt: Factor out bio specific functions

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Message-ID: <20170107192406.56p7ppbdfkjii4vy@thunk.org>
Date:   Sat, 7 Jan 2017 14:24:06 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
        hch@...radead.org, arnd@...db.de, dedekind1@...il.com,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, ebiggers@...gle.com,
        rdunlap@...radead.org, david@...ma-star.at
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fscrypt: Factor out bio specific functions

On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 12:10:43PM -0800, Eric Biggers wrote:
> 
> I thought you're supposed to be able to build the kernel no matter how it's
> configured.  If this patch is really too large for 4.10 then perhaps we should
> make FS_ENCRYPTION select CONFIG_BLOCK instead?

We already have FS_ENCRYPTIOn depending on BLOCK, so this is *not*
fixing a build break.

Given that, it's a bit harder to claim this is a must-have bug fix for
the stable branch?

						- Ted