Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757742AbYGaUfY (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:35:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752977AbYGaUfE (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:35:04 -0400 Received: from outbound-va3.frontbridge.com ([216.32.180.16]:53322 "EHLO VA3EHSOBE004.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752835AbYGaUfC (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:35:02 -0400 X-BigFish: VPS-38(zz1418M1432R98dR1805M936fQzz10d3izzz2fh6bh62h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 1:0 Message-ID: <48922293.9020007@am.sony.com> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:37:39 -0700 From: Tim Bird User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Adrian Bunk CC: Thomas Petazzoni , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org, michael@free-electrons.com, Matt Mackall , matthew@wil.cx, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features References: <20080731092703.661994657@free-electrons.com> <20080731093220.969460336@free-electrons.com> <20080731135319.GA20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080731162007.285938e0@surf> <20080731153757.GB20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <20080731182616.4c20f0db@surf> <20080731164918.GE20212@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> <4891F724.3030406@am.sony.com> <20080731191650.GA23516@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> In-Reply-To: <20080731191650.GA23516@cs181140183.pp.htv.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jul 2008 20:34:46.0403 (UTC) FILETIME=[DEF9B530:01C8F34C] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1134 Lines: 32 Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:32:20AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote: >> If warnings or support avoidance for the general population using >> such config options is the issue, I think that David Woodhouse's >> suggestion that such things could taint the kernel is an interesting >> idea. Maybe have we could have an "unsafe-config" taint flag? > > A CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y flag? If this is sufficient, it works for me! > It's not only about limits, I also have a general dislike for the > "add more config options" approach. > > I get your point why it brings advantages in some cases, but if you are > looking for a cheerleader it won't be me. ;-) Understood. I promise not to send you any pom-poms. ;-) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Linux Forum Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Corporation of America ============================= -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/