linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT

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Message-ID: <20180712134700.GA15265@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Jul 2018 15:47:00 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Adrian Reber <adrian@...as.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...tuozzo.com>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Andrei Vagin <avagin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE

On 07/12, Adrian Reber wrote:
>
> The CHECKPOINT_RESTORE configuration option was introduced in 2012 and
> combined with EXPERT. CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is already enabled in many
> distribution kernels and also part of the defconfigs of various
> architectures.
>
> To make it easier for distributions to enable CHECKPOINT_RESTORE this
> removes EXPERT and moves the configuration option out of the EXPERT
> block.

Agreed.

Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>