linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/damon/Kconfig: Hide PAGE_IDLE

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Date:   Fri, 13 Aug 2021 04:20:48 -0400
From:   "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
To:     SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>
cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/damon/Kconfig: Hide PAGE_IDLE_FLAG from users

On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:12:38 -0000, SeongJae Park said:
> From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
>
> Commit 2a058a1a9914 ("mm/idle_page_tracking: make PG_idle reusable") of
> linux-mm[1] makes CONFIG_PAGE_IDLE_FLAG option to be presented to the
> user.  However, the option is hard to be understood by users.  Also, it
> is not intended to be set by users but other kernel subsystems like
> DAMON or IDLE_PAGE_TRACKING.  To avoid confusions, this commit removes
> the prompt so that the option is not presented to the user.
>
> [1] https://github.com/hnaz/linux-mm/commit/2a058a1a9914
>
> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>

Acked-By: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>