linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: make option visible in Kconfig

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Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:05:10 -0500
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...e.com>, Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Cc:     linux@...ssschuh.net, Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen/privcmd: make option visible in Kconfig


On 11/16/21 5:33 PM, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>
> On 11/16/21 11:05 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 16.11.2021 16:01, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>> On 16.11.21 15:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 16.11.2021 15:33, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>       config XEN_PRIVCMD
>>>>> -    tristate
>>>>> +    tristate "Xen hypercall passthrough driver"
>>>>>        depends on XEN
>>>>>        default m
>>>>> +    help
>>>>> +      The hypercall passthrough driver allows user land programs to perform
>>>> Maybe worth adding "privileged" here? Albeit of course that's different
>>>> from the use of the word ...
>>> I guess you mean "... allows privileged user programs ..." (another
>>> variant might be "The privileged hypercall passthrough ...")?
>> The former, yes.
>
>
> I can apply with this change, no need to resend.
>
>


Applied to for-linus-5.16c


-boris