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Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/1] ublk: add io_uring based userspace block driver
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To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
        Harris James R <james.r.harris@intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
        Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@collabora.com>,
        ZiyangZhang <ZiyangZhang@linux.alibaba.com>,
        Xiaoguang Wang <xiaoguang.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
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>>> diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
>>> index fdb81f2794cd..d218089cdbec 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
>>> @@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ config BLK_DEV_RBD
>>>    	  If unsure, say N.
>>> +config BLK_DEV_UBLK
>>> +	bool "Userspace block driver"
>>
>> Really? why compile this to the kernel and not tristate as loadable
>> module?
> 
> So far, this is only one reason: task_work_add() is required, which
> isn't exported for modules.

So why not exporting it?
Doesn't seem like a good justification to build it into the kernel.