linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

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Date:   Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:41:22 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Arthur Kiyanovski <akiyano@...zon.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

On 9/20/19 10:02 AM, Tal Gilboa wrote:
> On 9/20/2019 4:31 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>> According to Tal Gilboa the only benefit from DIM comes from a driver
>> that uses it. So it doesn't make sense to make this symbol user visible,
>> instead all drivers that use it should select it (as is already the case
>> AFAICT).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
>> ---
>>   lib/Kconfig | 3 +--
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
>> index cc04124ed8f7..9fe8a21fd183 100644
>> --- a/lib/Kconfig
>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
>> @@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ config SIGNATURE
>>   	  Implementation is done using GnuPG MPI library
>>   
>>   config DIMLIB
>> -	bool "DIM library"
>> -	default y
>> +	bool
>>   	help
>>   	  Dynamic Interrupt Moderation library.
>>   	  Implements an algorithm for dynamically change CQ moderation values
>>
> There's a pending series using DIM which didn't add the select clause 
> [1]. Arthur, FYI. Other than that LGTM.

That's easy enough to fix.

> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg314304.html

for the patch:
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>


-- 
~Randy