linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_* used by user-space to figure out whether a feature is on/off

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Date:	Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:53:09 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Raymond Jennings <shentino@...il.com>
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_* used by user-space to figure out whether a feature is on/off

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Raymond Jennings <shentino@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I'd like to point out that Google Chrome also makes use of CONFIG_ tests
> to detect support for namespaces and pid containers and stuff.

Hmm. It must work fine despite that. Because I run self-compiled
kernels and there are no config files to be found by user apps.
Neither in /proc nor in /boot. And I'm using chrome to write this.

              Linus
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