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Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL

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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.

CC: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
CC: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
CC: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
CC: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
CC: Richard L Maliszewski <richard.l.maliszewski@intel.com>
CC: Gang Wei <gang.wei@intel.com>
CC: Shane Wang <shane.wang@intel.com>
CC: Harry Wei <harryxiyou@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
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Kees Cook 2012-10-02 11:16:15 -07:00
parent 5a958db311
commit 0335cb469a
5 changed files with 4 additions and 28 deletions
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@ -546,15 +546,7 @@ config AUDIT
logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as
dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL":
config SLUB
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
...
while seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain
Seriously dangerous features (such as write support for certain
filesystems) should advertise this prominently in their prompt string:
config ADFS_FS_RW

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Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
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@ -1184,13 +1184,6 @@ static struct block_device_operations opt_fops = {
<filename>Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt</filename>.
</para>
<para>
You may well want to make your CONFIG option only visible if
<symbol>CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL</symbol> is enabled: this serves as a
warning to users. There many other fancy things you can do: see
the various <filename>Kconfig</filename> files for ideas.
</para>
<para>
In your description of the option, make sure you address both the
expert user and the user who knows nothing about your feature. Mention

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Documentation/DocBook/kgdb.tmpl
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@ -94,10 +94,8 @@
<sect1 id="CompileKGDB">
<title>Kernel config options for kgdb</title>
<para>
To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should first turn on
"Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers"
(CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL) in "General setup", then under the
"Kernel debugging" select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
To enable <symbol>CONFIG_KGDB</symbol> you should look under
"Kernel debugging" and select "KGDB: kernel debugger".
</para>
<para>
While it is not a hard requirement that you have symbols in your

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Documentation/intel_txt.txt
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@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ grub.conf needs to be modified as follows:
The kernel option for enabling Intel TXT support is found under the
Security top-level menu and is called "Enable Intel(R) Trusted
Execution Technology (TXT)". It is marked as EXPERIMENTAL and
Execution Technology (TXT)". It is considered EXPERIMENTAL and
depends on the generic x86 support (to allow maximum flexibility in
kernel build options), since the tboot code will detect whether the
platform actually supports Intel TXT and thus whether any of the

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Documentation/zh_CN/CodingStyle
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@ -462,13 +462,6 @@ config AUDIT
logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
仍然被认为不够稳定的功能应该被定义为依赖于“EXPERIMENTAL”：
config SLUB
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && !ARCH_USES_SLAB_PAGE_STRUCT
bool "SLUB (Unqueued Allocator)"
...
而那些危险的功能（比如某些文件系统的写支持）应该在它们的提示字符串里显著的声明这
一点：