linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 157/193] lib: remove CONFIG

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:35:10 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>,
	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 157/193] lib: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

On 23 October 2012 21:03, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> 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, remove it.
>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paul.mckenney@...aro.org>
> CC: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...el.com>
> CC: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
> CC: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
> CC: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> CC: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
...
>  config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
>         bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
> -       depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
> +       depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
>         select DEBUG_FS
>         select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
>         select KALLSYMS

For the kmemleak part:

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
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