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[v4,2/2] checkpatch: add Kconfig 'default n' test

Message ID 1466777466-21306-2-git-send-email-yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com
State New
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Commit Message

Yingjoe Chen June 24, 2016, 2:11 p.m. UTC
If a Kconfig config option doesn't specify 'default', the default
will be n. Adding 'default n' is unnecessary.

Add a test to warn about this.

Signed-off-by: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com>

---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

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1.9.1
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 19b270b..b3f1fda 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2689,6 +2689,13 @@  sub process {
 			     "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# discourage the use of default n
+		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*default\s*n$/i) {
+			WARN("CONFIG_DEFAULT_N",
+			     "Use of default n is unnecessary, default is n when omitted.\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 		if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
 		    ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
 			my $flag = $1;