linux-kernel - Re: [Devel] [PATCH] pidns: Place under CONFIG

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Message-ID: <4724B4F2.7070500@goop.org>
Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:12:34 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Kir Kolyshkin <kir@...oft.com>,
	containers@...ts.osdl.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	kir@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH] pidns: Place under CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL (take
 2)

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Roughly that sounds like CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL to me.  But I would
> be happy to hear if someone has a better idea.
>   

Rather than overload an existing config option, why not add one with the
specific semantics you want: CONFIG_UNSTABLE_UABI.  The problem seems
like one which which may occur again, though one hopes not too often.  I
guess the risk is that people will leave their subsystems depending on
it permanently (sysfs?), so it ends up being set all the time and
becomes as useless as EXPERIMENTAL...

    J
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