linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] usb: roles: Hide option USB_ROLE

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Date:   Tue, 5 Nov 2019 14:42:18 +0200
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] usb: roles: Hide option USB_ROLE_SWITCH

On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 10:48:50PM +0800, Mao Wenan wrote:
> The USB role switch class is, after all,
> not useful by itself. Hiding USB_ROLE_SWITCH
> so we can avoid any of the pitfalls associated
> with user-visible symbols and "select".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mao Wenan <maowenan@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
> index f8b31aa..1da58d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/usb/roles/Kconfig
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  
>  config USB_ROLE_SWITCH
> -	tristate "USB Role Switch Support"
> +	tristate
>  	help
>  	  USB Role Switch is a device that can select the USB role - host or
>  	  device - for a USB port (connector). In most cases dual-role capable

You didn't actually convert the "depends on USB_ROLE_SWTICH" to
"select USB_ROLE_SWITCH" before this. You also left the help text that
is now useless.

I really think that instead of this, we should just convert all
"select USB_ROLE_SWTICH" to "depends on USB_ROLE_SWITCH".

thanks,

-- 
heikki