linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default

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Message-ID: <20121003213117.GD637@somewhere>
Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2012 23:31:28 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@...onical.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default

On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 11:43:32AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> I would expect a simple addition of "this is dangerous/buggy" to the
> description and "default n" is likely the way to go for that kind of
> thing.

Agreed.

> I think the history of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL has proven there
> isn't a sensible way to create a global flag for this kind of thing.
> To paraphrase Serge: my experimental options are not your experimental
> options.
> For example, some of the things that already had the experimental
> config removed, they left the "(EXPERIMENTAL)" in their config title.

Right.
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