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

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Message-ID: <aOClwR1pOQodIBwC@infradead.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:42:41 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, 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 Sat, Oct 04, 2025 at 12:37:21AM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> 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.

There is no such current language.  It is a non-selectable symbol with
this standard help text used by all CRC helpers:

	The CRC16 library functions.  Select this if your module uses
	any of the functions from <linux/crc16.h>.