This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kconfig: remove unused code for S_DEF_AUTO in conf_read_simple()
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kconfig-remove-unused-code-for-s_def_auto-in-conf_re.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9c0a491ebf3b6cb974742ea1fdd7ae18d114d558
Author: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat Nov 18 16:59:08 2023 +0900
kconfig: remove unused code for S_DEF_AUTO in conf_read_simple()
[ Upstream commit 92d4fe0a48f1ab6cf20143dd0b376f4fe842854b ]
The 'else' arm here is unreachable in practical use cases.
include/config/auto.conf does not include "# CONFIG_... is not set"
line unless it is manually hacked.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: a409fc1463d6 ("kconfig: fix memory leak in sym_warn_unmet_dep()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
index 8694ab1e04067..21a65ffe7c3db 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
@@ -442,20 +442,15 @@ int conf_read_simple(const char *name, int def)
*p++ = 0;
if (strncmp(p, "is not set", 10))
continue;
- if (def == S_DEF_USER) {
- sym = sym_find(line + 2 + strlen(CONFIG_));
- if (!sym) {
- if (warn_unknown)
- conf_warning("unknown symbol: %s",
- line + 2 + strlen(CONFIG_));
- conf_set_changed(true);
- continue;
- }
- } else {
- sym = sym_lookup(line + 2 + strlen(CONFIG_), 0);
- if (sym->type == S_UNKNOWN)
- sym->type = S_BOOLEAN;
+ sym = sym_find(line + 2 + strlen(CONFIG_));
+ if (!sym) {
+ if (warn_unknown)
+ conf_warning("unknown symbol: %s",
+ line + 2 + strlen(CONFIG_));
+
+ conf_set_changed(true);
+ continue;
}
if (sym->flags & def_flags) {
conf_warning("override: reassigning to symbol %s", sym->name);
