linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

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Message-ID: <20140506204417.GQ19657@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 May 2014 13:44:17 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	josh@...htriplett.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	andi@...stfloor.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/24] net, diet: Make TCP metrics optional

> And if you're asking for someone to help pay attention to bug reports so
> you don't have to, that's reasonable as well; just like you probably
> have a stock response for "that's a crazy distro kernel, ask them about
> it and not me", you could have a stock response for "that kernel has the
> crazy embedded option turned on, ask the embedded people about it and
> not me".  It doesn't just have to be *your* problem alone.

We could add a tainted flag for these configurations and a message at bootup
to make it obvious in bug reports.  Would that help?

-Andi
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