linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] The config option itself

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Message-ID: <20070926163432.GA23435@sergelap.austin.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:34:32 -0500
From:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serue@...ibm.com>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Serge Hallyn <serue@...ibm.com>,
	Cedric Le Goater <clg@...ibm.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] The config option itself

Quoting Pavel Emelyanov (xemul@...nvz.org):
> The option is called NAMESPACES. It can be selectable only
> if EMBEDDED is chosen (this was Eric's requisition). When
> the EMBEDDED is off namespaces will be on automatically.
> 
> One more option (NAMESPACES_EXPERIMENTAL) was added by 
> Serge's request to move there all the namespaces that are 
> not finished yet. Currently only the user and the network
> namespaces are such.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 684ccfb..05a71d7 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -369,6 +360,23 @@ config RELAY
> 
>  	  If unsure, say N.
> 
> +config NAMESPACES
> +	bool "The namespaces support" if EMBEDDED
> +	default !EMBEDDED
> +	help
> +	  Provides the way to make tasks work with different objects using
> +	  the same id. For example same IPC id may refer to different objects
> +	  or same user id or pid may refer to different tasks when used in
> +	  different namespaces.
> +
> +config NAMESPACES_EXPERIMENTAL
> +	bool "Add the experimantal namespaces support" if EMBEDDED

Hi Pavel,

Overall this patchset looks good.

However the NAMESPACES_EXPERIMENTAL option should not have the
'if EMBEDDED', right?  This is about EXPERIMENTAL, not about
EMBEDDED, unlike the plain NAMESPACES option.

-serge

> +	depends on NAMESPACES && EXPERIMENTAL
> +	default !EMBEDDED
> +	help
> +	  Also include the support for the namespaces that are not fnished
> +	  or well developed yet
> +
>  config BLK_DEV_INITRD
>  	bool "Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support"
>  	depends on BROKEN || !FRV
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