Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934293Ab2JYB0F (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:26:05 -0400 Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu ([198.82.162.213]:33102 "EHLO lennier.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932091Ab2JYB0D (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:26:03 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2012 with nmh-1.4-dev To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 000/193] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:01:13 -0700." <1351022666-6960-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1351022666-6960-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1351128330_19242P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:25:30 -0400 Message-ID: <59643.1351128330@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mirapoint-Received-SPF: 198.82.161.152 auth3.smtp.vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 2 pass X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=steiner.cc.vt.edu X-Junkmail-Signature-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A020207.5088950B.0066,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0, ip=0.0.0.0, so=2011-07-25 19:15:43, dmn=2011-05-27 18:58:46, mode=single engine X-Junkmail-IWF: false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2110 Lines: 48 --==_Exmh_1351128330_19242P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:01:13 -0700, Kees Cook said: > 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 such, this is the patch series for removing CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL, > with the hopes of all the various maintainers pulling these changes into > their trees. I'm carrying the first patch (that makes CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL > "default y") in my linux-next tree, so builds there will see the impact > immediately. Has anybody tested what happens if you're doing a git bisect that ends up crossing back and forth across the commit for this? I've been burned before when stuff evaporates out of my .config during a bisect when an option grows/loses a 'depends on' clause. --==_Exmh_1351128330_19242P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iQIVAwUBUIiVCgdmEQWDXROgAQKhog/8DNo8VYqgsdxt8kiYHa59xEOn/KfmZtE7 FPZClYZTm42o3c9cJ60381YS3O+6CrmqDQkYs1NkBRQENJYH/RARYY81jz8R9WaQ HOBULfPk0o1dkYZ7zt0eIT15sY72XlF+Kg1uEytOolsidv7z1xZfEyBDC5EndTI+ /liYRpLTcQu6uRIFmsLWlZY+bsrgAITY4PzGHe0xkEuCsWopExmw49JoZSsSDJwt eSry3W+pBP/mX9HHQqdOiAXWDkpAOhqEKiKfzApPhaV3WaKnxtKkppgn4q0EmO2V iTrB2gzIN7iuwce7vrmq8hhzScn+7MqMnOhAP32ldRf1W75HVCSTAcvLCruHlrSw r/+Qt1+ase9/a7Dn92jgTO5kv60zLMGCtmhGeYNDYpu3P6OD2tiYLBcRDAhzt+IH qtqyJDgmOQdSvYjzSAXeUFg0x/D8UN176uP872wB2VUKv5EY6SI1llN6AQLIbREl l5eBjmVf7wgKVR974WCwl+PhyRPVnhyOOcgnsxDVAgaTeqzqaC4OyCnN/rLjHoK1 B3R0Hgt8YDYuDjviwgo0nevgO+YWVIn/MTzy+ifzYA6V8jxPFgRbmrl0eH34kY7F qOJrYIhSQbURBW+i4ytW1LCZbJFeG9rd+lSud7mOTO4Y6alAFrIi3r18Pn6AUMHx uJBI0clRlfo= =A95t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1351128330_19242P-- -- 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/