linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND] checkpatch: remove obsolete CONFIG

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:21:37 +0200
From:   Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@...il.com>
To:     apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...omium.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND] checkpatch: remove obsolete CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL checks

Config EXPERIMENTAL has been removed from kernel in 2013
(see 3d374d0: "final removal of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL"),
there is no any reason to do these checks now.

Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol@...il.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 982c52c..e0a34e6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2746,13 +2746,6 @@ sub process {
 			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
-# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in Kconfig.
-		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /.\s*depends on\s+.*\bEXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
-			     "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
-		}
-
 # discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
 		    $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
@@ -3146,12 +3139,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def).
-		if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
-			     "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
-		}
-
 # check for RCS/CVS revision markers
 		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\$(Revision|Log|Id)(?:\$|)/) {
 			WARN("CVS_KEYWORD",
-- 
1.9.1