Re: [PATCH] kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE

[Eric W. Biederman]

Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 02:04:46PM -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> For a config option that no one has come forward with an actual real
>> world use case for disabling, that cost seems much too high.
>
> The real-world use case is precisely as stated: code size, both storage
> and RAM.

That is theoretical.  Which platform will break or feel distressed if we
make it unconditional.  That is real world.

> I regularly encounter systems I'd *like* to put Linux in that have
> around 1MB of storage and 1MB of RAM, or even less.

Yes.  There is so little code behind CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTART that it
won't help with that.

But if minification is the actual requirement for disabling
CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTART than CONFIG_CHECKPIONT_RESTART is properly
behind expert and it needs to be default y instead of default n.

Eric