From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753473Ab2JZE3I (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:29:08 -0400 Received: from linux-sh.org ([111.68.239.195]:40598 "EHLO linux-sh.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752700Ab2JZE3G (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:29:06 -0400 Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:28:33 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: Kees Cook Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Tejun Heo Subject: Re: [PATCH 027/193] arch/sh: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL Message-ID: <20121026042832.GB20205@linux-sh.org> References: <1351022666-6960-1-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> <1351022666-6960-28-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1351022666-6960-28-git-send-email-keescook@chromium.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 01:01:40PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is > almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel > summit, remove it. > > CC: Paul Mundt > CC: Tejun Heo > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook While there are cases where it is largely superfluous, we also have plenty of cases in here that are genuinely experimental features and generally shouldn't be enabled unless someone is prepared for some hacking. We can of course replace this with an arch-specific option if needed, but I disagree with suddenly making experimental features suddenly appear to be anything other than what they are.