From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04A0EC282CE for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:39:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC38C24AE7 for ; Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:39:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727051AbfFDIjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:39:18 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-f195.google.com ([209.85.208.195]:37624 "EHLO mail-lj1-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726708AbfFDIjS (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Jun 2019 04:39:18 -0400 Received: by mail-lj1-f195.google.com with SMTP id 131so6296949ljf.4 for ; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:39:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=9xato1BCEq26RttB9WJaXFUtXlK3fwUaQ8EgAcw4Cho=; b=k2NP38zBrDhetwa2IOSywHBW1BYkbxJ6BpKTh8I7162p+nZBxyBUD8/GLsT+so4B/8 QQ18HYXdKeS58yCH6B20uz4g+wTsJcZYcUZbTWxLqnS7SCWdZjDnF6sE96ALAUljDqjX E0gTiUFG2gMMfNbFxvxwPEFDG13dEn1b3p/dqr/resnP81jod7L8JQLGO7hEk4UwMbIJ 9yPIXB+5rNwqbrtek40PuZ0BZoMKT3PNsBZ5P69b/9Bgqem210y2eA2otVquvCvKGEa6 TizB32GLqNxiN12nLZPNEQVKa5SIzmEv04yEOKow2PFYdCwEm3n8tIfqqQaRUAAbr0ZB l0vg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVbPYap2867HqZ5iRePOcbli7nkBrV/OVR7xTCAhoYD1+LKdoyQ JfYe2idBrDu2qL0fsKCKxHzOc1fyMYnAfyYNVYo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxy7Ag7WV++nrHSaEzq0p+KiFQtOblkS7DO6Ef7a9NePpHD5Z2RcxES4a5vqvfAcHwawJrJHiYRzAsGy28OSwc= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:8555:: with SMTP id u21mr15833923ljj.133.1559637556348; Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:39:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1559635284-21696-1-git-send-email-krzk@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <1559635284-21696-1-git-send-email-krzk@kernel.org> From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 10:39:04 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: configs: Remove useless UEVENT_HELPER_PATH To: Krzysztof Kozlowski Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , "the arch/x86 maintainers" , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Geert Uytterhoeven Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 10:03 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote: > Remove the CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH because: > 1. It is disabled since commit 1be01d4a5714 ("driver: base: Disable > CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER by default") as its dependency (UEVENT_HELPER) was > made default to 'n', > 2. It is not recommended (help message: "This should not be used today > [...] creates a high system load") and was kept only for ancient > userland, > 3. Certain userland specifically requests it to be disabled (systemd > README: "Legacy hotplug slows down the system and confuses udev"). > > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds