linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Remove obsolete configs BLK_MQ

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Message-ID: <10240de3-661d-461d-a8e3-de2754d5f66e@oracle.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 08:12:23 +0100
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>, Lukas Bulwahn <lbulwahn@...hat.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Remove obsolete configs BLK_MQ_{PCI,VIRTIO}

On 14/05/2025 08:04, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 08:55:13AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
>> From: Lukas Bulwahn<lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>
>>
>> Commit 9bc1e897a821 ("blk-mq: remove unused queue mapping helpers") makes
>> the two config options, BLK_MQ_PCI and BLK_MQ_VIRTIO, have no remaining
>> effect.
>>
>> Remove the two obsolete config options.
> A quick grep revealed that there is at least a test config still in the
> tree which uses BLK_MQ_VIRTIO:
> 
> drivers/gpu/drm/ci/x86_64.config
> 108:CONFIG_BLK_MQ_VIRTIO=y
> 
> Not sure how this is supposed to be handled.

I got a feeling that this stuff (like kernel config files) should not be 
there ...

Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>