Re: [PATCH] Support kernel/hotplug sysctl variable when !CONFIG_NET

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On 06/07/10 11:16, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 11:11:45AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Jun 2010 10:43:50 -0700 Greg KH wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 07, 2010 at 12:57:12PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>>>> From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
>>>>
>>>> The kernel/hotplug sysctl variable (/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug file) was
>>>> made conditional on CONFIG_NET by commit
>>>> f743ca5e10f4145e0b3e6d11b9b46171e16af7ce (applied in 2.6.18) to fix
>>>> problems with undefined references in 2.6.16 when CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y &&
>>>> !CONFIG_NET, but this restriction is no longer needed.
>>
>> Ack, builds for me on x86_64 when CONFIG_NET is not enabled.
>>
>>> Why is this restriction no longer needed?  What changed?
>>
>>
>> commit cd3772e6898c6386f21d2958346d6dd57d4204f5
>> Author: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
>> Date:   Sun Nov 16 18:22:09 2008 +0800
>>
>>     kernel/ksysfs.c:fix dependence on CONFIG_NET
>>     
>>     Access to uevent_seqnum and uevent_helper does not need to
>>     depend on CONFIG_NET, so remove it.
>>     
>>     Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@gmail.com>
>>     Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
>>     Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> 
> So something back in 2008 changed which requires a change now?

"requires" is too strong of a word to use here.  "allows" a change.

> I'm still confused, what use case calls for the original patch here
> being made?  Who wants to modify this option with CONFIG_NET disabled on
> their machine?


Are you trying to slow down on kernel patches for some reason?

Using CONFIG_NET is more restrictive than is needed here, so remove it.

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~Randy
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