linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/34] vfs: Add configuration parser helpers [ver #12]

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Date:   Thu, 14 Mar 2019 08:46:31 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Linux FS Devel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        mszeredi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/34] vfs: Add configuration parser helpers [ver #12]

Hi David,

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:33 PM David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> Because the new API passes in key,value parameters, match_token() cannot be
> used with it.  Instead, provide three new helpers to aid with parsing:

> --- a/fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ menu "File systems"
>  config DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS
>         bool
>
> +config VALIDATE_FS_PARSER
> +       bool "Validate filesystem parameter description"
> +       default y
> +       help
> +         Enable this to perform validation of the parameter description for a
> +         filesystem when it is registered.
> +

When would I want to disable this?

It seems this option was introduced in "ver #10" of your patch series,
without being mentioned in the changelog for that version.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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