The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: remove obsolete CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL checks has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: remove obsolete CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL checks Config EXPERIMENTAL has been removed from kernel in 2013 (see 3d374d0: "final removal of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL"), there is no any reason to do these checks now. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1488234097-20119-1-git-send-email-ruslan.bilovol@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 ------------- 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2757,13 +2757,6 @@ sub process { #print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n"; } -# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in Kconfig. - if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && - $line =~ /.\s*depends on\s+.*\bEXPERIMENTAL\b/) { - WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL", - "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n"); - } - # discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) { @@ -3157,12 +3150,6 @@ sub process { } } -# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def). - if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) { - WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL", - "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n"); - } - # check for RCS/CVS revision markers if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\$(Revision|Log|Id)(?:\$|)/) { WARN("CVS_KEYWORD", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ruslan.bilovol@xxxxxxxxx are checkpatch-remove-obsolete-config_experimental-checks.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html