Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v13 02/12] mm: hugetlb: introduce a new config HUGETLB_PAGE_FREE_VMEMMAP

[Muchun Song]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:47 AM David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 25 Jan 2021, Muchun Song wrote:
>
> > > >> I'm not sure I understand the rationale for providing this help text if
> > > >> this is def_bool depending on CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE.  Are you intending that
> > > >> this is actually configurable and we want to provide guidance to the admin
> > > >> on when to disable it (which it currently doesn't)?  If not, why have the
> > > >> help text?
> > > >
> > > > This is __not__ configurable. Seems like a comment to help others
> > > > understand this option. Like Randy said.
> > >
> > > Yes, it could be written with '#' (or "comment") comment syntax instead of as help text.
> >
> > Got it. I will update in the next version. Thanks.
> >
>
> I'm not sure that Kconfig is the right place to document functional
> behavior of the kernel, especially for non-configurable options.  Seems
> like this is already served by existing comments added by this patch
> series in the files where the description is helpful.

OK. So do you mean just remove the help text here?

Thanks.