Re: [PATCH 0/3] kconfig: Make 'm' safe before modules symbol is defined

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2017-10-05 21:01 GMT+09:00 Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
>
> This patchset fixes a segfault that occurs if 'm' appears in certain
> expressions before the modules symbol is defined. The problem is that m is
> rewritten to m && <modules symbol> already during parsing. Doing it in
> menu_finalize(), which runs after parsing, fixes the problem.
>
> To aid the review and people trying to understand menu_finalize() in the future
> (including me), it also renames menu_check_dep() to rewrite_m() and adds
> comments to clarify the existing expression rewriting and dependency
> propagation logic.
>
> The changes have been tested for regressions using zconfdump(), Kconfiglib, and
> Valgrind.
>
> Cheers,
> Ulf
>
> Ulf Magnusson (3):
>   kconfig: Rename menu_check_dep() to rewrite_m()
>   kconfig: Clarify expression rewriting
>   kconfig: Clean up modules handling and fix crash
>
>  scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>


Series, applied to linux-kbuild/kconfig.  Thanks!

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Masahiro Yamada
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