netdev - RE: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:59:33 +0000
From:   "Kiyanovski, Arthur" <akiyano@...zon.com>
To:     Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com>,
        Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tal Gilboa <talgi@...lanox.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 8:02 PM
> To: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>; Saeed Mahameed
> <saeedm@...lanox.com>; Kiyanovski, Arthur <akiyano@...zon.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] dimlib: make DIMLIB a hidden symbol
> 
> On 9/20/2019 4:31 PM, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > According to Tal Gilboa the only benefit from DIM comes from a driver
> > that uses it. So it doesn't make sense to make this symbol user visible,
> > instead all drivers that use it should select it (as is already the case
> > AFAICT).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <uwe@...ine-koenig.org>
> > ---
> >   lib/Kconfig | 3 +--
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > index cc04124ed8f7..9fe8a21fd183 100644
> > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > @@ -555,8 +555,7 @@ config SIGNATURE
> >   	  Implementation is done using GnuPG MPI library
> >
> >   config DIMLIB
> > -	bool "DIM library"
> > -	default y
> > +	bool
> >   	help
> >   	  Dynamic Interrupt Moderation library.
> >   	  Implements an algorithm for dynamically change CQ moderation
> values
> >
> There's a pending series using DIM which didn't add the select clause
> [1]. Arthur, FYI. Other than that LGTM.
> 
> [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg314304.html

Thanks Tal, I missed that.