[PATCH 11/11] kconfig: Warn if help text is blank

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Blank help texts are probably either a typo, a Kconfig misunderstanding,
or some kind of half-committing to adding a help text (in which case a
TODO comment would be clearer, if the help text really can't be added
right away).

Best to flag them, IMO.

Example warning:

	drivers/mmc/host/Kconfig:877: warning: 'MMC_TOSHIBA_PCI' defined with blank help text

Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/kconfig/zconf.y | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
index 21ce883e5d9e..4be98050b961 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.y
@@ -436,6 +436,12 @@ help: help_start T_HELPTEXT
 		zconfprint("warning: '%s' defined with more than one help text -- only the last one will be used",
 			   current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
 	}
+
+	/* Is the help text empty or all whitespace? */
+	if ($2[strspn($2, " \f\n\r\t\v")] == '\0')
+		zconfprint("warning: '%s' defined with blank help text",
+			   current_entry->sym->name ?: "<choice>");
+
 	current_entry->help = $2;
 };
 
-- 
2.14.1

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