linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/7] lib: Give XOR_BLOCKS, RAID6

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Message-ID: <ri6hb5q3i4t5jdfahmyp5wox3fqlyndnu3vfpsiqr7zbci7j6f@un5xm2rcokld>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 00:37:21 -0400
From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] lib: Give XOR_BLOCKS, RAID6_PQ config opts names

On Fri, Oct 03, 2025 at 09:32:25PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 12:29:15AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > That's been the primary purpose of the lib/ kconfig menu. The current
> > language is no longer quite as explicit as it used to be, but here's a
> > recent example:
> 
> It's not the current kernel where this got fixed.  If you find others
> instances, we can fix them as well.

The current language is only slightly less explicit, but the underlying
purpose remains the same.