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

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Message-ID: <20121004143150.GA2464@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:31:50 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	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>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 02:55:39AM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 01:03:14PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > That has not proven sufficient for me in the past, RCU_FAST_NO_HZ
> > being a case in point.
> 
> Taint the kernel at boot time? That'd be sufficient to force distros to 
> disable it.

Cool!  That does sound much more socially responsible than my thought
of forcing a splat (e.g., WARN_ON(1)) during boot.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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