linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/Kconfig: additional help text for HMM

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Message-ID: <20190719120043.GA15320@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 19 Jul 2019 05:00:43 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/Kconfig: additional help text for HMM_MIRROR option

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 08:48:53AM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> It is like MMU_NOTIFIERS, if something needs it, then it will select
> it.
> 
> Maybe it should just be a hidden kconfig anyhow as there is no reason
> to turn it on without also turning on a using driver.

We can't just select it due to the odd X86_64 || PPC64 dependency.

Which also answers Pavels question:  you never really need it, as we
can only use it for optional functionality due to that.