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

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Message-Id: <20121009134737.cd3da4d85beeb97b1cb88d92@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:47:37 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
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>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default

Hi Kees,

On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 18:57:51 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 05:46:08PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> >> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 03:08:40PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> >> >> Who is going to carry this initial patch, btw?
> >> >
> >> > You?  :)
> >>
> >> Do you mean to say I should ask Stephen to pull from one of my trees
> >> for linux-next? If so, I've made this now:
> >>
> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux.git linux-next
> >
> > Sounds good to me, good luck.
> 
> Stephen, can you add this tree to your pulls for linux-next?

For this single commit, if you want it to go in during this merge window,
I suggest you send it as a patch to Linus.    If there is going to be
ongoing work on this topic, then I will be happy to add your tree after
v3.7-rc1 is released (since the further work should be destined for v3.8,
right?).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au

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