]> git.karo-electronics.de Git - karo-tx-linux.git/commit
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>
Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:47:18 +0000 (12:47 -0700)
commite552f87a00689ee718fb775d9097a825ffa4b772
treebd176ce4fcd7ea328f70faf702e67aa69ac15175
parent2d1f4c8e097dc1f5d71fa7f2e250a674adfbbc71
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>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
init/Kconfig