linux-kernel - Re: almost time to run my kernel source cleaning scripts again?

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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:52:21 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: almost time to run my kernel source cleaning scripts again?

On Wed, 11 Apr 2012, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> 
>   it's been a while so i was thinking of firing up my scripts to
> peruse the source tree looking for oddities/inconsistencies/whatever
> (unless someone else is already doing that).
> 
>   one example is looking for preprocessor tests of symbols that aren't
> defined in any Kconfig file, and i can focus on any part of the source
> tree.  for example, if i run that script against drivers/mmc, i get:
> 
> >>>>> MMC_MSM7X00A_RESUME_IN_WQ
> drivers/mmc/host/msm_sdcc.c:1408:#ifdef CONFIG_MMC_MSM7X00A_RESUME_IN_WQ
> 
> telling me that a source file is testing a CONFIG variable that
> doesn't exist.
> 
>   the scripts are available online 

I'd be interrested in taking a look at those. Got a URL where I can grab 
them?


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