linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Block pull request for- 4.11-rc1

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Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:02:37 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Block pull request for- 4.11-rc1

Hmm. The new config options are incomprehensible and their help
messages don't actually help.

So can you fill in the blanks on what

  Default single-queue blk-mq I/O scheduler
  Default multi-queue blk-mq I/O scheduler

config options mean, and why they default to none?

The config phase of the kernel is one of the worst parts of the whole
project, and adding these kinds of random and incomprehensible config
options does *not* help.

                  Linus