linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] s390: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER

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Message-Id: <20190604145506.GF5774@osiris>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:55:07 +0200
From:   Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 09:58:57AM +0200, Krzysztof Kozlowski 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>
> ---
>  arch/s390/configs/defconfig          | 1 -
>  arch/s390/configs/zfcpdump_defconfig | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.