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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2023 07:48:30 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc:     Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>, rcu@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH rcu 07/27] block: Remove "select SRCU"
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2023 at 08:36:43AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 1/5/23 8:33 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 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.  ;-)
> 
> Are you intending for maintainers to pick up these patches, or are you
> collecting acks for sending the series separately? That part is also
> not clear :-)

Fair point!

Maintainer's choice.  By default, I collect acks and send it.  But if
(for example) this change is in a high-traffic area, the maintainer
might want to take it, in which case I drop it from my tree.

Either way works for me, as long as you let me know.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul