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make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default
authorKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 18:36:31 +0000 (11:36 -0700)
committerKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Mon, 5 Nov 2012 20:52:13 +0000 (12:52 -0800)
commit56e29e114f2bacfd451a08f4f491ee39e191ab54
treebf4a6ffa52ea42d7e1adcaa30af96d7e89c16b5c
parent3d70f8c617a436c7146ecb81df2265b4626dfe89
make CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL invisible and default

This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
almost always enabled by default (especially in distro builds). As agreed
during the Linux kernel summit, it should be removed. As a first step,
remove it from being listed, and default it to on. Once it has been
removed from all subsystem Kconfigs, it will be dropped entirely.

For items that really are experimental, maintainers should use "default
n", optionally include "(EXPERIMENTAL)" in the title, and add language to
the help text indicating why the item should be considered experimental.

For items that are dangerously experimental, the maintainer is encouraged
to follow the above title recommendation, add stronger language to the
help text, and optionally use (depending on the extent of the danger,
from least to most dangerous): printk(), add_taint(TAINT_WARN),
add_taint(TAINT_CRAP), WARN_ON(1), and CONFIG_BROKEN.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
CC: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
init/Kconfig