The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add check for keyword 'boolean' in Kconfig definitions
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions.patch
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From: Christoph Jaeger <cj@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add check for keyword 'boolean' in Kconfig definitions
Discourage the use of keyword 'boolean' for type definition attributes of
config options as support for it will be dropped later on.
See http://lkml.kernel.org/r/cover.1418003065.git.cj@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Jaeger <cj@xxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2357,6 +2357,13 @@ sub process {
"Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n";);
}
+# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
+ if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
+ WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
+ "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
my $flag = $1;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from cj@xxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-add-check-for-keyword-boolean-in-kconfig-definitions.patch
linux-next.patch
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