Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/xen: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

From: Kees Cook
Date: Sat Feb 23 2013 - 12:03:44 EST


On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Dongsheng Song
<dongsheng.song@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> The CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL 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 from any "depends on" lines in Kconfigs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/xen/Kconfig | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
>> index 93ff4e1..8cada4c 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
>> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ config XEN_DEBUG_FS
>>
>> config XEN_X86_PVH
>> bool "Support for running as a PVH guest (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>
> Why not remove this 'EXPERIMENTAL' too ?

It was unclear to me if the feature was actually considered unstable.
I can resend with the text removed from the title too, if that's the
correct action here?

-Kees

>
>> - depends on X86_64 && XEN && EXPERIMENTAL
>> + depends on X86_64 && XEN
>> default n
>> help
>> This option enables support for running as a PVH guest (PV guest
>> --
>> 1.7.9.5
>>
>>
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