From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: "Justin M. Forbes" <jforbes@fedoraproject.org>,
asml.silence@gmail.com, io-uring@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io_uring: Remove CONFIG_EXPERT
Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 07:43:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa130828-03c9-b49b-ab31-1fb83a0349fb@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210526223445.317749-1-jforbes@fedoraproject.org>
On 5/26/21 4:34 PM, Justin M. Forbes wrote:
> While IO_URING has been in fairly heavy development, it is hidden behind
> CONFIG_EXPERT with a default of on. It has been long enough now that I
> think we should remove EXPERT and allow users and distros to decide how
> they want this config option set without jumping through hoops.
The whole point of EXPERT is to ensure that it doesn't get turned off
"by accident". It's a core feature, and something that more and more
apps or libraries are relying on. It's not something I intended to ever
go away, just like it would never go away for eg futex or epoll support.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-27 13:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-26 22:34 Justin M. Forbes
2021-05-26 22:55 ` Pavel Begunkov
2021-05-27 13:43 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2021-05-27 14:12 ` Justin Forbes
2021-05-27 14:19 ` Jens Axboe
2021-05-27 16:01 ` Justin Forbes
2021-05-28 7:59 ` David Laight
2021-06-03 15:43 ` Justin Forbes
2021-06-03 15:46 ` Jens Axboe
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