Re: [PATCH 0/6] Boot-time switching between 4- and 5-level paging for 4.15, Part 1

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

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