From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52383C28B28 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:20:59 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=ngAEhgKY4Clg2d4DtzVaHOsEC7Gc3MfDDpegS4C4r/A=; b=1iuLDddGXKoPrK9WGyqcimrrUX eJBtKK6pDQw28ysccaQIglYAKqtPgAVYkvltkzo2tZ8tAv8zEt3/dL837D7094oU93wbw4TfJltcZ DkFVo1ZqNln/48NTl26fxVGVhT71MXoMlZYXVIMJ73hFMhNVry6ozwF3/Ut1ilZ77gENVxeC9OQ64 MluchtY46dqQYU0JPfbmKpiz4830P5Grt4ukZqdICtSPn+Z1V6e2AgQptfwcZzVIiGoRhxmiHFrsw SfusfU/4YeJGWcxIM1lMYuq6AcvLpSlBEXYGYEMyWw1YbD1QqvLgiUeGNNnQ/O/90RVrIUBtataAG Q7qGNXJQ==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1tsEWW-00000007Vpp-2Iog; Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:20:56 +0000 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1tsEVn-00000007Vip-2zk5 for linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:20:13 +0000 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 3C2DB68AA6; Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:19:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 06:19:58 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: John Meneghini Cc: Christoph Hellwig , kbusch@kernel.org, sagi@grimberg.me, loberman@redhat.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, emilne@redhat.com, bgurney@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] nvme-multipath: add the NVME_MULTIPATH_PARAM config option Message-ID: <20250312051958.GA11824@lst.de> References: <20250228032541.369804-1-jmeneghi@redhat.com> <20250228032541.369804-3-jmeneghi@redhat.com> <20250305143353.GB18526@lst.de> <03e7cc64-fafd-405e-a07a-4bc6d0e1d743@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <03e7cc64-fafd-405e-a07a-4bc6d0e1d743@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20250311_222011_895691_CAF1AC59 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 11.78 ) X-BeenThere: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-nvme" Errors-To: linux-nvme-bounces+linux-nvme=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 10:35:40PM -0400, John Meneghini wrote: >> What's the point of adding yet another confusing option? > > If you'll read the kConfig description, hopefully it's not confusing. It still is. > The whole point of this patch series is to remove the core.nvme_mulipath parameter. Why would a compile time option be preferable over a runtime one?