linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: make 'imply' obey the direct dependency

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Message-ID: <20200302132155.GF4166@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 2 Mar 2020 13:21:55 +0000
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>,
        Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: make 'imply' obey the direct dependency

On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 05:21:51PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 6:54 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> > I always do, when running make oldconfig ;-)

> > I only see expected changes from y to m.
> > I don't see any unexpected changes from m to n.

> This is because you used oldconfig.

> The 'imply' keyword defines the default
> of symbols _without_ user-defined values.

This is going to make the behaviour of imply statements a bit
inconsistent which doesn't seem ideal though it's *probably* fine for
the SND_SOC_ALL_CODECS case.

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