Re: [GIT PULL] Additional MM updates for 6.16-rc1

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Tue Jun 10 2025 - 05:06:05 EST


Hi Andrew et al,

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 at 17:55, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> - The 2 patch series "mm/damon: build-enable essential DAMON components
> by default" from SeongJae Park reworks DAMON Kconfig to make it easier
> to enable CONFIG_DAMON.

... or, make it harder to disable it?

Given no single defconfig file in v6.15 enables CONFIG_DAMON, I find
it hard to believe defaulting DAMON to "y" is the right thing to do...
(Yes, I have read the rationale in commit 28615e6eed152f2f
("mm/damon/Kconfig: enable CONFIG_DAMON by default")).

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert


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