linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] kconfig: detect recursive inclusion earlier

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAR9HBUUNvh+F0skU4ZpCsCEVHfo6=8qJ09RLSH9_2Sq+g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 00:24:53 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] kconfig: detect recursive inclusion earlier

2018-03-23 2:00 GMT+09:00 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>:
> Currently, the recursive inclusion is not detected when the offending
> file is about to be included; it is detected the offending file is
> about to include the *next* file.  This is because the detection loop
> does not involve the file being included.
>
> Do this check against the file that is about to be included so that
> the recursive inclusion is detected before unneeded parsing happens.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild/kconfig.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada