linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 06/21] kconfig: remove string expansion for mainmenu after yyparse()

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Message-ID: <CAFkk2KQK9vV+Xr=AvM09gEmEtSHsihpx_CYA6Qys6Gs7OrpbuQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 1 Apr 2018 04:59:24 +0200
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>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/21] kconfig: remove string expansion for mainmenu
 after yyparse()

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:29 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> Now that environments are expanded in the lexer, conf_parse() does
> not need to explicitly expand $ARCH and $KERNELVERSION in the mainmenu.
>
> The hack introduced by commit 0724a7c32a54 ("kconfig: Don't leak
> main menus during parsing") can go away.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>