linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 04/36] x86/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select SPARSEMEM

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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:28:37 -0400
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 04/36] x86/Kconfig: drop superfluous "select
 SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP"

* David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com> [250827 18:03]:
> Now handled by the core automatically once SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
> is selected.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@...nel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 58d890fe2100e..e431d1c06fecd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1552,7 +1552,6 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
>  	def_bool y
>  	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if X86_32
>  	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE if X86_64
> -	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP if X86_64
>  
>  config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
>  	def_bool X86_64 || (NUMA && X86_32)
> -- 
> 2.50.1
>