linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: remove obsolete config BLOCK

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Message-Id: <ad11a961-d355-4780-ad08-f73e9b40a1cc@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 16 Mar 2023 12:29:45 +0100
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Lukas Bulwahn" <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        "Jens Axboe" <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: remove obsolete config BLOCK_COMPAT

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023, at 12:16, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Before commit bdc1ddad3e5f ("compat_ioctl: block: move
> blkdev_compat_ioctl() into ioctl.c"), the config BLOCK_COMPAT was used to
> include compat_ioctl.c into the kernel build. With this commit, the code
> is moved into ioctl.c and included with the config COMPAT. So, since then,
> the config BLOCK_COMPAT has no effect and any further purpose.
>
> Remove this obsolete config BLOCK_COMPAT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>

Thanks for spotting this,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>