linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR is no longer experimental

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Date:	Fri, 06 Jul 2012 10:23:40 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR is no longer experimental

On 07/06/2012 07:08 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:

> This feature has been around for over 5 years now, so I presume it is
> no longer considered experimental.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
> ---
> Or is there any reason to still consider this an experimental feature?


I doubt it, but if it is still experimental, it should also have
	depends on EXPERIMENTAL

and then it would be nice if kconfig (the software) would add the
  " (EXPERIMENTAL)" tag when it sees such a dependency.


> 
>  arch/x86/Kconfig |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> --- linux-3.5-rc5.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig	2012-06-05 16:22:58.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-3.5-rc5/arch/x86/Kconfig	2012-07-06 15:32:55.660276577 +0200
> @@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ config SECCOMP
>  	  If unsure, say Y. Only embedded should say N here.
>  
>  config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
> -	bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> +	bool "Enable -fstack-protector buffer overflow detection"
>  	---help---
>  	  This option turns on the -fstack-protector GCC feature. This
>  	  feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
> 



-- 
~Randy
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