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

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Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:46:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@...shcourse.ca>
To:	David Daney <ddaney.cavm@...il.com>
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, David Daney wrote:

> On 04/11/2012 02:07 PM, 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:
> [...]
> >
> > > > > > > CAVIUM_OCTEON_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS
> > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-defines.h:36: *
> > CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS
> > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c:56:#if
> > defined(CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS) \
> > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c:57:	&&
> > CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS
> > drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c:58:int num_packet_buffers =
> > CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_NUM_PACKET_BUFFERS;
>
> I am aware of these and am working on fixing them.

  sorry, i wasn't trying to pick on anyone, it was just a random
example.

rday

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