From 327953e9af6c59ad111b28359e59e3ec0cbd71b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Jaeger Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:38:29 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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@linux.com Signed-off-by: Christoph Jaeger Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann Cc: Joe Perches Acked-by: Paul Bolle Tested-by: Paul Bolle Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f130c93a5656..6afc24ba77a6 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/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; -- 2.20.1