On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 02:40:14PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>
