Re: [PATCH rcu 07/27] block: Remove "select SRCU"

Paul E. McKenney
2023-01-05T15:34:11Z

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 09:05:47AM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 05:43:07PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On 1/4/23 5:37 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Now that the SRCU Kconfig option is unconditionally selected, there is
> > > no longer any point in selecting it. Therefore, remove the "select SRCU"
> > > Kconfig statements.
> >
> > I'm assuming something earlier made this true (only CC'ed on this patch,
> > not the cover letter or interesting btis...), then:
>
> I was wondering the same. But it is already unconditionally enabled
> since commit 0cd7e350abc4 ("rcu: Make SRCU mandatory").

Ah, apologies for the terseness!

I took the coward's way out by making CONFIG_SRCU unconditional during
the last merge window and removing all references during this merge
window. ;-)

Thanx, Paul