linux-kernel - [PATCH] Revert "checkpatch: add check for keyword 'boolean' in Kconfig definitions"

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2021 04:15:40 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Christoph Jaeger <cj@...ux.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "checkpatch: add check for keyword 'boolean' in Kconfig definitions"

This reverts commit 327953e9af6c59ad111b28359e59e3ec0cbd71b6.

You cannot use 'boolean' since commit b92d804a5179 ("kconfig: drop
'boolean' keyword").

This check is no longer needed.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 92e888ed939f..1afe3af1cc09 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3390,13 +3390,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
-		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
-			     "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 		if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
 		    ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
 			my $flag = $1;
-- 
2.27.0