Re: [PATCH] erofs: Fix EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS default logic
From: Gao Xiang
Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 10:21:16 EST
On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 06:43:20AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 09:10:25PM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 05:51:08AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 12:00:23PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > When NR_CPUS is less than 16, or when SMP is disabled, the default value
> > > > of 16 is invalid.
> > > >
> > > > While actual configuration picks up a sensible and valid default
> > > > (NR_CPUS or 1), "make savedefconfig" will still write a line like
> > > >
> > > > CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_LZMA_DEFAULT_MAX_STREAMS=1
> > > >
> > > > to the defconfig file, even if that matches the sensible default.
> > > >
> > > > Avoid needlessly enlarging the defconfig files, and reduce churn for
> > > > updating them, by specifying valid defaults depending on SMP and
> > > > NR_CPUS.
> > > >
> > > > While at it, make the prompt depend on SMP, as there is no point in
> > > > asking the user about the maximum number of decompression streams if
> > > > there is only one valid answer.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Absolutely agree.
> >
> > As I replied to Geert, unless there is a mandatory requirement
> > documented that "there is no point to make a Kconfig visible if there
> > is only one valid number".
> >
> I would call that common sense.
Ok, I don't want to argue with that minor stuff more.
Thanks for the patch, I will pick up this patch with all rvb
tags later (no later than 7.3-rc2)
Thanks,
Gao Xiang
>
> Guenter
>
> > I tend to avoid making EROFS Kconfig visibility depend on arbitrary
> > architecture Kconfig options such as SMP or !SMP; SMP here is due to
> > some arches make NR_CPUS = 0 if !SMP, but it doesn't need to bother
> > users why a EROFS kconfig visibility has some relationship with an arch
> > kconfig.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gao Xiang
>