Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:16:43 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 001/193] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default |
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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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