Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 03/10] Rename HAS_MEM_ACCESS to MEM_ACCESS

[Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 May 2018, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx> 05/22/18 2:53 AM >>>
> >HAS_MEM_ACCESS has become selectable by the user on ARM32 and ARM64. To
> >mark the change, rename the option from HAS_MEM_ACCESS to MEM_ACCESS.
> 
> I have a different suggestion, a model used (iirc) in a couple of places in 
> Linux:
> The feature controlling option is, as you make it here, MEM_ACCESS. It should
> live in a non-arch-specific Kconfig though, and should be controlled by two 
> further
> options: HAS_MEM_ACCESS (telling whether the arch actually is capable of
> doing this, i.e. MEM_ACCESS to depend on it) and something like
> MEM_ACCESS_ALWAYS_ON (telling whether the prompt should be hidden and,
> if the default with prompt enabled was "no", also controlling the default).

I like this suggestion very much, I'll do that.

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