Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] vhost: disable for OABI

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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@xxxxxxxxxx> 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

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