netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V2 01/11] net: Kconfig NET_DEVMEM selects GENERIC

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Message-ID: <CAHS8izMANyVqznTjt_3qkcUdpbT96FK=m6Hc6AU4WGqhyq7zmQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 16:07:05 -0700
From: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, 
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, 
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, 
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>, John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org, 
	Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...dia.com>, Mark Bloch <mbloch@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>, 
	Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>, Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 01/11] net: Kconfig NET_DEVMEM selects GENERIC_ALLOCATOR

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com> wrote:
>
> From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
>
> GENERIC_ALLOCATOR is a non-prompt kconfig, meaning users can't enable it
> selectively. All kconfig users of GENERIC_ALLOCATOR select it, except of
> NET_DEVMEM which only depends on it, there is no easy way to turn
> GENERIC_ALLOCATOR on unless we select other unnecessary configs that
> will select it.
>
> Instead of depending on it, select it when NET_DEVMEM is enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>

Reviewed-by: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@...gle.com>


-- 
Thanks,
Mina