Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757553Ab2JWUQv (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:16:51 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f46.google.com ([209.85.160.46]:39075 "EHLO mail-pb0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757467Ab2JWUQr (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:16:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:16:43 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Eric W. Biederman" , Serge Hallyn , "Paul E. McKenney" , Andrew Morton , Frederic Weisbecker Subject: Re: [PATCH 001/193] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default Message-ID: <20121023201643.GG3408@kroah.com> References: <1351022666-6960-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> <1351022666-6960-2-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1351022666-6960-2-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1807 Lines: 36 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 > CC: "Eric W. Biederman" > CC: Serge Hallyn > CC: "Paul E. McKenney" > CC: Andrew Morton > CC: Frederic Weisbecker > Acked-by: Serge Hallyn > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook > --- > init/Kconfig | 31 ++----------------------------- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman -- 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/