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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat•com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger•kernel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel•org>,
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	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel•com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] vhost: disable for OABI
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 09:02:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200406085707-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAK8P3a1nce31itwMKbmXoNZh-Y68m3GX_WwzNiaBuk280VFh-Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:50:32PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:12 PM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat•com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > +config VHOST_DPN
> > +       bool "VHOST dependencies"
> > +       depends on !ARM || AEABI
> > +       default y
> > +       help
> > +         Anything selecting VHOST or VHOST_RING must depend on VHOST_DPN.
> > +         This excludes the deprecated ARM ABI since that forces a 4 byte
> > +         alignment on all structs - incompatible with virtio spec requirements.
> > +
> 
> This should not be a user-visible option, so just make this 'def_bool
> !ARM || AEABI'
> 
>       Arnd

I like keeping some kind of hint around for when one tries to understand
why is a specific symbol visible.

-- 
MST


  reply	other threads:[~2020-04-06 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20200406121233.109889-1-mst@redhat.com>
2020-04-06 12:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] vhost: disable for OABI Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-04-06 12:45   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-04-06 12:56     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-04-06 12:50   ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-04-06 13:02     ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2020-04-06 13:15       ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-04-06 13:21         ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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