Re: [PATCH 000/193] remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

Kees Cook
2012-10-25T06:29:13Z

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 6:25 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:01:13 -0700, Kees Cook said:
>> 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 such, this is the patch series for removing CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL,
>> with the hopes of all the various maintainers pulling these changes into
>> their trees. I'm carrying the first patch (that makes CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
>> "default y") in my linux-next tree, so builds there will see the impact
>> immediately.
>
> Has anybody tested what happens if you're doing a git bisect that ends up crossing
> back and forth across the commit for this? I've been burned before when stuff
> evaporates out of my .config during a bisect when an option grows/loses a 'depends
> on' clause.

I haven't tried a bisect, but I've been bouncing around between trees
and haven't had any surprises yet.

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Chrome OS Security