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From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 01:03:14PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:

> That has not proven sufficient for me in the past, RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
> being a case in point.

Taint the kernel at boot time? That'd be sufficient to force distros to 
disable it.

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Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org
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