linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: Don't select SCSI_PROC

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:11:06 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>,
        James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Martin Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:     SCSI <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] scsi: Don't select SCSI_PROC_FS by default

On 6/12/19 6:59 AM, Marc Gonzalez wrote:
> According to the option's help message, SCSI_PROC_FS has been
> superseded for ~15 years. Don't select it by default anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Gonzalez <marc.w.gonzalez@...e.fr>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 3 ---
>   1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> index 73bce9b6d037..8c95e9ad6470 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
> @@ -54,14 +54,11 @@ config SCSI_NETLINK
>   config SCSI_PROC_FS
>   	bool "legacy /proc/scsi/ support"
>   	depends on SCSI && PROC_FS
> -	default y
>   	---help---
>   	  This option enables support for the various files in
>   	  /proc/scsi.  In Linux 2.6 this has been superseded by
>   	  files in sysfs but many legacy applications rely on this.
>   
> -	  If unsure say Y.
> -
>   comment "SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)"
>   	depends on SCSI

Hi Doug,

If I run grep "/proc/scsi" over the sg3_utils source code then grep 
reports 38 matches for that string. Does sg3_utils break with 
SCSI_PROC_FS=n?

Thanks,

Bart.