linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] IMA: use rbtree instead of radix tree for inode information cache

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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:53:44 -0400
From:	"John Stoffel" <john@...ffel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"J.H." <warthog9@...nel.org>, Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, zohar@...ibm.com,
	david@...morbit.com, jmorris@...ei.org, kyle@...artin.ca,
	hpa@...or.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] IMA: use rbtree instead of radix tree for inode
 information cache

>>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

Linus> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:01 AM, John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org> wrote:
>> 
>> So the Kconfig should have 'default N' for IMA then?

Linus> ALL new features should have "default n" for them. And if you
Linus> had actually looked at it, you would see that it already has
Linus> that ("n" is the default if no default is listed) _and_ it says

Linus>   "If unsure, say N"

Linus> in the comments.

Yes, I did look at it.  I just didn't see a default listed for the
overall IMA feature, while sub-feature do have a 'default N' option
set.  And so my confusion.  My fault for not understanding Kconfig
defaults better.

John
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