linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESENT] ia64: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER

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Message-ID: <20200708071835.GA353684@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 09:18:35 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESENT] ia64: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH

On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:50:30PM +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>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>