Re: [PATCH v3] x86/kconfig/32: Rename CONFIG_VM86 and default it to n

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Fri Jul 10 2015 - 12:52:01 EST


On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 8:39 AM, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 7/10/2015 8:34 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>>>
>>> VM86 is entirely broken if ptrace, syscall auditing, or NOHZ_FULL is
>>
>>
>> for now we can at least express the NOHZ_FULL thing in KConfig space...
>>
>
> True.
>
> OTOH, both Brian and I have patches to fix that, so it seems
> unnecessary to make that change and then promptly undo it.

I should think before I type. We don't support NOHZ_FULL on 32-bit in
the first place. The bit about ptrace still stands, though.

--Andy
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