linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: NVME_TCP_OFFLOAD should not default to m

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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 14:19:25 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Omkar Kulkarni <okulkarni@...vell.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Dean Balandin <dbalandin@...vell.com>,
        Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...cle.com>,
        Shai Malin <smalin@...vell.com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: NVME_TCP_OFFLOAD should not default to m

On Tue, Jun 08, 2021 at 12:56:09PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The help text for the symbol controlling support for the NVM Express
> over Fabrics TCP offload common layer suggests to not enable this
> support when unsure.
> 
> Hence drop the "default m", which actually means "default y" if
> CONFIG_MODULES is not enabled.
> 
> Fixes: f0e8cb6106da2703 ("nvme-tcp-offload: Add nvme-tcp-offload - NVMeTCP HW offload ULP")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>

Err, where did this appear from?  This code has not been accepted into
the NVMe tree and is indeed not acceptable in this form.