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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 001/193] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default
    On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 01:01:14PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
    > This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
    > almost always enabled by default (especially in distro builds). As agreed
    > during the Linux kernel summit, it should be removed. As a first step,
    > remove it from being listed, and default it to on. Once it has been
    > removed from all subsystem Kconfigs, it will be dropped entirely.
    >
    > For items that really are experimental, maintainers should use "default
    > n", optionally include "(EXPERIMENTAL)" in the title, and add language to
    > the help text indicating why the item should be considered experimental.
    >
    > For items that are dangerously experimental, the maintainer is encouraged
    > to follow the above title recommendation, add stronger language to the
    > help text, and optionally use (depending on the extent of the danger,
    > from least to most dangerous): printk(), add_taint(TAINT_WARN),
    > add_taint(TAINT_CRAP), WARN_ON(1), and CONFIG_BROKEN.
    >
    > CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    > CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    > CC: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
    > CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    > CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    > CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    > Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
    > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    > ---
    > init/Kconfig | 31 ++-----------------------------
    > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

    Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>



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