Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:48:11 +0300 | | From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/6] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging for 4.15, Part 1 |
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 02:40:14PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> wrote: > > > > Making a variable that 'looks' like a constant macro dynamic in a rare Kconfig > > > scenario is asking for trouble. > > > > We expect boot-time page mode switching to be enabled in kernel of next > > generation enterprise distros. It shoudn't be that rare. > > My point remains even with not-so-rare Kconfig dependency.
I don't follow how introducing new variable that depends on Kconfig option would help with the situation.
We would end up with inverse situation: people would use MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS where the new variable need to be used and we will in the same situation.
-- Kirill A. Shutemov
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