linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXT+mvKSnR7suUEA9pN6hsWKM_M+gGiOM8TdpBt4fF93w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:39:04 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:03 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:
> Remove the CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH because:
> 1. It is disabled since commit 1be01d4a5714 ("driver: base: Disable
>    CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER by default") as its dependency (UEVENT_HELPER) was
>    made default to 'n',
> 2. It is not recommended (help message: "This should not be used today
>    [...] creates a high system load") and was kept only for ancient
>    userland,
> 3. Certain userland specifically requests it to be disabled (systemd
>    README: "Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev").
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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