Re: [PATCH v3 05/14] s390: vfio-ap: base implementation of VFIO AP device driver

[Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:25:25 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 03/15/2018 09:25 AM, Pierre Morel wrote:
> > On 14/03/2018 19:25, Tony Krowiak wrote:  

> >> +config VFIO_AP
> >> +    def_tristate m  
> > not sure it must be module by default.
> > I would not set it by default.  
> Connie also asked about this in the last review, so I will go ahead
> and change it.
> >  
> >> +    prompt "VFIO support for AP devices"
> >> +    depends on ZCRYPT && VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE  
> >
> > VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE is a general feature *needed* by VFIO_AP
> > and has no use case by its own. If it is set it is obviously because some
> > mediated device drivers needs it.
> > while ZCRYPT is a Z feature which may be set without VFIO_AP.
> >
> > So you need:
> >
> > config VFIO_AP
> >     def_tristate n
> >     prompt "VFIO support for AP devices"
> >     depends on ZCRYPT
> >     select VFIO_MDEV
> >     select VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
> > ...  
> I was thinking the same just yesterday and I agree, this makes sense.

OTOH, nobody else seems to do a select on these symbols so far.

If you decide to go that route, you'll also need to depend on VFIO
(otherwise you could end up selecting symbols with unmet dependencies).
All in all, I prefer the 'depends' approach.