linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] streamline_config.pl: ensure all defaults are tracked

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Message-ID: <20241126200925.442af060@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 20:09:25 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: David Hunter <david.hunter.linux@...il.com>
Cc: masahiroy@...nel.org, javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com,
 linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] streamline_config.pl: ensure all defaults are
 tracked

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:48:13 -0500
David Hunter <david.hunter.linux@...il.com> wrote:

> From: david.hunter.linux@...il.com
> 
> There are many instances of the second line of a config entry containing infomation about defaults. Here is a summary: 
> 
> def_bools found: 746
> def_tristates found: 59
> defaults found: 169
> 
> > Can you list some examples of where this happens?  
> 
> I created a file that finds all the times that a default information is given in the line following a CONFIG entry is created. Here is a link for the output, which will show the file and the line numbers: 
> 
> https://github.com/dshunter107/linux-tools/blob/main/localmodconfig/defaults.output
> 
> If you would like to see the shell script I made to find the locations, you can view it at this link: 
> 
> https://github.com/dshunter107/linux-tools/blob/main/localmodconfig/check_define.sh
> 

Thanks, can you ping me again next week. I'm still finishing up this merge
window and have a lot of tasks that need to get done before Thanksgiving,
and will be taking a break from computing during the Holiday.

I'm not going to have time to look at this this week, and will likely
forget about it.

-- Steve