Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755204Ab2JHWIp (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:08:45 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:43955 "EHLO mail-la0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754112Ab2JHWIm (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:08:42 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20121003161702.GA22008@kroah.com> References: <20121002195042.GA16087@www.outflux.net> <20121003132538.GE13192@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20121003161702.GA22008@kroah.com> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:08:40 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _8aPs2pHU-jtg0072I0ww2zf_D4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default From: Kees Cook To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" , Serge Hallyn , "David S. Miller" , Andrew Morton , Frederic Weisbecker Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-System-Of-Record: true Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2184 Lines: 51 On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 06:25:38AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 12:50:42PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: >> > This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is >> > almost always enabled by default. 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. >> > >> > CC: Greg KH >> > CC: "Eric W. Biederman" >> > CC: Serge Hallyn >> > CC: "Paul E. McKenney" >> > CC: Andrew Morton >> > CC: Frederic Weisbecker >> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook >> > --- >> > >> > This is the first of a series of 202 patches removing EXPERIMENTAL from >> > all the Kconfigs in the tree. Should I send them all to lkml (with all >> > the associated CCs), or do people want to cherry-pick changes from my >> > tree? I don't want to needlessly flood the list. >> > >> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/experimental >> > >> > I figure this patch can stand alone to at least make EXPERIMENTAL go >> > away from the menus, and give us a taste of what the removal would do >> > to builds. >> >> OK, I will bite... How should I flag an option that is initially only >> intended for those willing to take some level of risk? > > In the text say "You really don't want to enable this option, use at > your own risk!" Or something like that :) So, should I update the commit description to include a suggested alternative? (If so, which one?) Who is going to carry this initial patch, btw? -Kees -- Kees Cook Chrome OS Security -- 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/