linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] kconfig: adjust warning message for conflicting types

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Message-ID: <20131004142529.GA5224@udknight>
Date:	Fri, 4 Oct 2013 22:25:29 +0800
From:	Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>
To:	Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <trivial@...nel.org>,
	"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@...e.fr>,
	Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>,
	Dirk Gouders <dirk@...ders.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] kconfig: adjust warning message for conflicting
 types

On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 07:24:46PM +0200, Martin Walch wrote:
> From: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>
> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 18:32:02 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] kconfig: adjust warning message for conflicting types
> 
> Each symbol must have exactly one type assigned. However, if a symbol happens
> to have two different types assigned at runtime, a warning is printed and the
> first type is preserved while the second type is being ignored.
> 
> The warning message says
> 
> type of <symbol name> redefined from <first type> to <second type>
> 
> which may be misleading as it may create the impression that the second type
> replaces the first type.
> 
> This patch clarifies this by changing the warning to
> 
> ignoring type redefinition of <symbol name> from <first type> to <second type>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Walch <walch.martin@....de>

Acked-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>
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