Hi Jason, On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 6:04 AM Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Commit: 20c384f1ea1a0bc7320bc445c72dd02d2970d594 > Parent: 5a6b4cc5b7a1892a8d7f63d6cbac6e0ae2a9d031 > Refname: refs/heads/master > Web: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/20c384f1ea1a0bc7320bc445c72dd02d2970d594 > Author: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> > AuthorDate: Thu Mar 26 22:01:17 2020 +0800 > Committer: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > CommitDate: Wed Apr 1 12:06:26 2020 -0400 > > vhost: refine vhost and vringh kconfig > > Currently, CONFIG_VHOST depends on CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. But vhost is > not necessarily for VM since it's a generic userspace and kernel > communication protocol. Such dependency may prevent archs without > virtualization support from using vhost. > > To solve this, a dedicated vhost menu is created under drivers so > CONIFG_VHOST can be decoupled out of CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION. > > While at it, also squash Kconfig.vringh into vhost Kconfig file. This > avoids the trick of conditional inclusion from VOP or CAIF. Then it > will be easier to introduce new vringh users and common dependency for > both vringh and vhost. > > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200326140125.19794-2-jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/powerpc/kvm/Kconfig | 2 -- > arch/s390/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ---- > arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/Kconfig | 2 ++ > drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/net/caif/Kconfig | 4 ---- > drivers/vhost/Kconfig | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++------- > drivers/vhost/Kconfig.vringh | 6 ------ > 11 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-) > --- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig > +++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig > @@ -1,4 +1,23 @@ > # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only > +config VHOST_RING > + tristate > + help > + This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > + the host side of a virtio ring. > + > +config VHOST > + tristate > + select VHOST_IOTLB > + help > + This option is selected by any driver which needs to access > + the core of vhost. > + > +menuconfig VHOST_MENU > + bool "VHOST drivers" > + default y Please do not use default y. Your subsystem is not special. > + I think this deserves a help text, so users know if they want to enable this option or not. Thanks! > +if VHOST_MENU > + > config VHOST_NET > tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net" > depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
