The patch titled Subject: init/Kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Adrian Reber <adrian@xxxxxxxx> Subject: init/Kconfig: remove EXPERT from CHECKPOINT_RESTORE The CHECKPOINT_RESTORE configuration option was introduced in 2012 and combined with EXPERT. CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is already enabled in many distribution kernels and also part of the defconfigs of various architectures. To make it easier for distributions to enable CHECKPOINT_RESTORE this removes EXPERT and moves the configuration option out of the EXPERT block. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712130733.11510-1-adrian@xxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Adrian Reber <adrian@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff -puN init/Kconfig~kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore init/Kconfig --- a/init/Kconfig~kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore +++ a/init/Kconfig @@ -957,6 +957,18 @@ config NET_NS endif # NAMESPACES +config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE + bool "Checkpoint/restore support" + select PROC_CHILDREN + default n + help + Enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore. + In particular it adds auxiliary prctl codes to setup process text, + data and heap segment sizes, and a few additional /proc filesystem + entries. + + If unsure, say N here. + config SCHED_AUTOGROUP bool "Automatic process group scheduling" select CGROUPS @@ -1373,18 +1385,6 @@ config MEMBARRIER If unsure, say Y. -config CHECKPOINT_RESTORE - bool "Checkpoint/restore support" if EXPERT - select PROC_CHILDREN - default n - help - Enables additional kernel features in a sake of checkpoint/restore. - In particular it adds auxiliary prctl codes to setup process text, - data and heap segment sizes, and a few additional /proc filesystem - entries. - - If unsure, say N here. - config KALLSYMS bool "Load all symbols for debugging/ksymoops" if EXPERT default y _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adrian@xxxxxxxx are kconfig-remove-expert-from-checkpoint_restore.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html