linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: add option text so it can be enabled by users

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Date:   Sun, 8 May 2022 23:39:03 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Oleksandr Tymoshenko <ovt@...gle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma-buf: add option text so it can be enabled by users

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 04:50:01AM +0000, Oleksandr Tymoshenko wrote:
> This reverts commit 3b32a592ea6e4 ("dma-buf: drop option text so users
> don't select it.") to allow users select DMA_SHARED_BUFFER option
> explicitly. This is required for out-of-tree modules that depend on
> dma-buf functionality, for instance drivers that rely on Google's Gasket
> framework.

Serious, you guys need to stop this crap.  Not offering totally useless
options is a massive improvement for Linux users.  Enabling code for out
of tree crap is not.  Please work with the Andorid ecosystem to make all
this out of tree junk go away instead of making users life painful due
to you not doing your basic work.