linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: document Kconfig source file comments

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Date:   Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:10:32 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: document Kconfig source file comments

2018-06-23 12:08 GMT+09:00 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
>
> I saw this type of Kconfig construct on LKML:
>
> config SYMBOOL
>         #bool "prompt string"
>         default y
>
> and wondered what it does.  Then I wondered if '#' comments are
> even documented.  They aren't, so add a little doc for that.
>
> Ah, good.  kconfig says:
> arch/x86/Kconfig:2942:warning: config symbol defined without type
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> ---


Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes.  Thanks!


>  Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt |    6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> --- lnx-418-rc1.orig/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> +++ lnx-418-rc1/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt
> @@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ This sets the config program's title bar
>  to use it. It should be placed at the top of the configuration, before any
>  other statement.
>
> +'#' Kconfig source file comment:
> +
> +An unquoted '#' character anywhere in a source file line indicates
> +the beginning of a source file comment.  The remainder of that line
> +is a comment.
> +
>
>  Kconfig hints
>  -------------
>
>
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-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada