Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR is no longer experimental

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Randy,

Le vendredi 06 juillet 2012 Ã 10:23 -0700, Randy Dunlap a Ãcrit :
> On 07/06/2012 07:08 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> 
> > This feature has been around for over 5 years now, so I presume it is
> > no longer considered experimental.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Or is there any reason to still consider this an experimental feature?
> 
> 
> I doubt it, but if it is still experimental, it should also have
> 	depends on EXPERIMENTAL

Agreed.

> and then it would be nice if kconfig (the software) would add the
>   " (EXPERIMENTAL)" tag when it sees such a dependency.

Oh yeah, I've been dreaming of this for years now but never found the
time to actually look into implementing it. Not sure if I would actually
be able to anyway, as it will probably require some Kconfig magic beyond
my knowledge.


-- 
Jean Delvare
Suse L3

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