linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Additional MM updates for 6.16-rc1

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:41:43 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>, Honggyu Kim <honggyu.kim@...com>, 
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, 
	mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Additional MM updates for 6.16-rc1

Hi Andrew,

On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 at 17:54, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:05:40 +0200 Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 at 17:55, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > > - The 2 patch series "mm/damon: build-enable essential DAMON components
> > >   by default" from SeongJae Park reworks DAMON Kconfig to make it easier
> > >   to enable CONFIG_DAMON.
> >
> > ... or, make it harder to disable it?
> >
> > Given no single defconfig file in v6.15 enables CONFIG_DAMON, I find
> > it hard to believe defaulting DAMON to "y" is the right thing to do...
> > (Yes, I have read the rationale in commit 28615e6eed152f2f
> > ("mm/damon/Kconfig: enable CONFIG_DAMON by default")).
>
> So what do you recommend?  Editing all the defconfigs seems a bit lame.

Just revert the commit?
Distros are (usually) not using defconfig files anyway.
Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

-- 
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org

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