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SubjectRe: mmotm 2018-05-17-16-26 uploaded (autofs)
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On 05/17/2018 11:09 PM, Ian Kent wrote:
> On 18/05/18 12:38, Ian Kent wrote:
>> On 18/05/18 12:23, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On 05/17/2018 08:50 PM, Ian Kent wrote:
>>>> On 18/05/18 08:21, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>> On 05/17/2018 04:26 PM, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:
>>>>>> The mm-of-the-moment snapshot 2018-05-17-16-26 has been uploaded to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mmotm-readme.txt says
>>>>>>
>>>>>> README for mm-of-the-moment:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a snapshot of my -mm patch queue. Uploaded at random hopefully
>>>>>> more than once a week.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You will need quilt to apply these patches to the latest Linus release (4.x
>>>>>> or 4.x-rcY). The series file is in broken-out.tar.gz and is duplicated in
>>>>>> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/series
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The file broken-out.tar.gz contains two datestamp files: .DATE and
>>>>>> .DATE-yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss. Both contain the string yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss,
>>>>>> followed by the base kernel version against which this patch series is to
>>>>>> be applied.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This tree is partially included in linux-next. To see which patches are
>>>>>> included in linux-next, consult the `series' file. Only the patches
>>>>>> within the #NEXT_PATCHES_START/#NEXT_PATCHES_END markers are included in
>>>>>> linux-next.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A git tree which contains the memory management portion of this tree is
>>>>>> maintained at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mhocko/mm.git
>>>>>> by Michal Hocko. It contains the patches which are between the
>>>>>> "#NEXT_PATCHES_START mm" and "#NEXT_PATCHES_END" markers, from the series
>>>>>> file, http://www.ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/series.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A full copy of the full kernel tree with the linux-next and mmotm patches
>>>>>> already applied is available through git within an hour of the mmotm
>>>>>> release. Individual mmotm releases are tagged. The master branch always
>>>>>> points to the latest release, so it's constantly rebasing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> on x86_64: with (randconfig):
>>>>> CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
>>>>> CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=y
>>>>
>>>> Oh right, I need to make these exclusive.
>>>>
>>>> I seem to remember trying to do that along the way, can't remember why
>>>> I didn't do it in the end.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions about potential problems when doing it?
>>>
>>> I think that just using "depends on" for each of them will cause kconfig to
>>> complain about circular dependencies, so probably using "choice" will be
>>> needed. Or (since this is just temporary?) just say "don't do that."
>>>
>>
>> No doubt that was what happened, unfortunately I forgot to return to it.
>>
>> Right, a conditional with a message should work .... thanks.
>
> It looks like adding:
> depends on AUTOFS_FS = n && AUTOFS_FS != m

Hi. Is there a typo on the line above?

> to autofs4/Kconfig results in autofs4 appearing under the autofs entry
> if AUTOFS_FS is not set which should call attention to it.
>
> It also results in AUTOFS4_FS=n for any setting of AUTOFS_FS except n.
>
> Together with some words about it in the AUTOFS4_FS help it should be
> enough to raise awareness of the change.

Sounds good.

thanks,
--
~Randy

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