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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 13:44:54 -0800
From: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
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To: Aristeu Rozanski <aris@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/flex_array: make build optional
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On 11/06/2014 01:33 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 11/06/2014 01:27 PM, Aristeu Rozanski wrote:
>> +config FLEX_ARRAY
>> +	bool "Flexible array"
>> +	default n
>> +	help
>> +	  This option enables an implementation of flexible arrays which
>> +	  allows creating arrays of fixed size elements with an arbritrary
>> +	  size without requiring the single allocation of a contiguous area.
>> +
>> +	  See Documentation/flexible-arrays.txt
> 
> Is there any reason to expose this to the user via Kconfig?
> 
> No sane person would even turn it on if they don't need it.

IOW, I think you should just make it:

config FLEX_ARRAY
	def_bool n

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