Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features

[Adrian Bunk]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 08:12:14PM +0200, Robert Schwebel wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:32:20AM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> > > And for embedded systems with which applications is it 100% safe to
> > > disable this option?
> >
> > Sony's digital cameras.
> 
> We have also several very small automation & measurement devices in the
> field which run a very dedicated more or less single application which
> can be carefully audited.
> 
> In the OSADL safety working group, people are discussing about Linux for
> safety critical applications. If we want to achieve such scenarios,
> stripped-down systems are an absolute must.
>...

My first reaction is that as soon as you enable CONFIG_EMBEDDED you can 
easily enter codepaths noone else has used for a while and that got 
unnoticed broken.

> rsc

cu
Adrian

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