linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 061/193] drivers/md: remove CONFIG

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Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:26:11 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 061/193] drivers/md: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:23 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:02:14 -0700 Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
>> This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
>> almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel
>> summit, remove it.
>>
>> CC: Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/md/Kconfig |   25 ++++++++++++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
>> index 91a02ee..f583e96 100644
>> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
>> @@ -155,10 +155,9 @@ config MD_RAID456
>>         If unsure, say Y.
>>
>>  config MULTICORE_RAID456
>> -     bool "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 Multicore processing (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>> +     bool "RAID-4/RAID-5/RAID-6 Multicore processing"
>>       depends on MD_RAID456
>>       depends on SMP
>> -     depends on EXPERIMENTAL
>>       ---help---
>>         Enable the raid456 module to dispatch per-stripe raid operations to a
>>         thread pool.
>
> I'm happy to remove the "depends on EXPERIMENTAL".
> I'm not so happy to remove the "(EXPERIMENTAL)" text.  That code really
> shouldn't be used in production - just for experiments.

No problem; I've updated the patch to leave the title alone.

Thanks!

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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