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driver: base: Disable CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER by default 

Since commit 7934779a69 ("Driver-Core: disable /sbin/hotplug by
default"), the help text for the /sbin/hotplug fork-bomb says
"This should not be used today [...] creates a high system load, or
[...] out-of-memory situations during bootup".  The rationale for this
was that no recent mainstream system used this anymore (in 2010!).

A few years later, the complete uevent helper support was made optional
in commit 86d56134f1 ("kobject: Make support for uevent_helper
optional.").  However, if was still left enabled by default, to support
ancient userland.

Time passed by, and nothing should use this anymore, so it can be
disabled by default.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Geert Uytterhoeven 2019-03-14 12:13:50 +01:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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commit 1be01d4a57
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@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ menu "Generic Driver Options"
config UEVENT_HELPER
bool "Support for uevent helper"
default y
help
The uevent helper program is forked by the kernel for
every uevent.