linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arm64: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:03:51 -0700
From:   Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        arm@...nel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arm64: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH

On Tue, Jun 04, 2019 at 09:52:28AM +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>

Applied, thanks.


-Olof