linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Clarify choice dependency propagation

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Date:   Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:58:46 +0100
From:   Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Clarify choice dependency propagation

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 5:47 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> 2018-01-14 23:12 GMT+09:00 Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>:
>> It's easy to miss that choices are special-cased to pass on their mode
>> as the parent dependency.
>>
>> No functional changes. Only comments added.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
>> ---
>>  scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
>> index 92d3f06cd8a2..53964d911708 100644
>> --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
>> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
>> @@ -323,6 +323,13 @@ void menu_finalize(struct menu *parent)
>>                                 if (menu->sym && menu->sym->type == S_UNKNOWN)
>>                                         menu_set_type(sym->type);
>>                         }
>> +
>> +                       /*
>> +                        * Use the choice itself as the parent dependency of
>> +                        * the contained items. This turns the mode of the
>> +                        * choice into an upper bound on the visibility of the
>> +                        * choice symbols.
>> +                        */
>
> Does the last "choice symbols" mean "choice values"?
> The "choice" itself is a symbol with NULL name,
> so I'd like to clarify it.

Yep, means the choice values (which are symbols). "Choice values"
would probably be clearer, yeah, or maybe "choice value symbols".

Should I submit a new version? I'm fine with just a
's/symbols/values/' or 's/symbols/value symbols/' otherwise.

Cheers,
Ulf