linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] kconfig: introduce listunknownconfig

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Date:   Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:45:19 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] kconfig: introduce listunknownconfig

On (23/08/20 08:19), Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > Example:
> > Suppose old .config has the following two options which
> > were removed from the recent kernel:
> >
> > $ cat .config
> > CONFIG_DISABLE_BUGS=y
> >
> > Running `make listunknownconfig` produces the following
> > list of unrecognized symbols:
> >
> > .config:6:warning: unknown symbol: DISABLE_BUGS
> > .config:7:warning: unknown unset symbol: ENABLE_WINAPI
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
> 
> 
> A new target is not what I like to see.
> 
> 
> We decided to add KCONFIG_VERBOSE, which will be used to
> warn options accidentally disabled or downgraded.

That doesn't seem cover the cases that I'm concerned with. I don't see
anything related to "!sym" in the patch.

What will KCONFIG_VERBOSE do if it reads the following config file?

// assuming that both config options were valid and existed in the old
// kernel, but were removed/renamed in the new kernel

 $ cat .config
 CONFIG_DISABLE_BUGS=y
 # CONFIG_ENABLE_WINAPI is not set


I'd like to see warnings for both lines, even for config that is not
set, because it maybe we set by a build script depending on USE flags
for instance, so that build target may still refer to non-existent
config.