linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] genpt: Make GENERIC

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Message-ID: <20251120164933.GV17968@ziepe.ca>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:49:33 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] genpt: Make GENERIC_PT invisible

On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 03:08:05PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> There is no point in asking the user about the Generic Radix Page
> Table API:
>   - All IOMMU drivers that use this API already select GENERIC_PT when
>     needed,
>   - Most users probably do not know what to answer anyway.
> 
> Fixes: 7c5b184db7145fd4 ("genpt: Generic Page Table base API")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
>  drivers/iommu/generic_pt/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason