linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] Completely remove CONFIG

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Message-ID: <CAGXu5jJMiTEPn3az1d4+BiJ0yB0q+HhNt4A3bPfk7rWS3OZcKQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:24:51 -0700
From:	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Completely remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL from defconfigs

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> It doesn't seem to be used anywhere.
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/572
>
> Maybe this script should be run one day:
>
> $ git grep --name-only CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL arch | \
>   xargs perl -p -i -e 'local $/; while (<>) { s/^[ \t]*CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y\s*//g;

Yeah, I think that'd be great. I had originally done that back in
2012, but I was told it would "naturally" leak out of the defconfigs
over time so I should leave it out of my series. Seems like that's
less true than expected. :)

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security
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