linux-kernel - Re: Kconfig dangling references (BZ 216748)

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Message-ID: <bcbe66b0-23bc-4ba1-93ab-f2c09262e07b@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 10:04:03 +0200
From: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
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Subject: Re: Kconfig dangling references (BZ 216748)

On 08/12/2025 04:04, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> from  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216748
> 
> The bugzilla entry includes a Perl script and a shell script.
> This is the edited result of running them (I removed some entries that were noise).
> 
> I'll try to Cc: all of the relevant mailing lists or individuals.
> 

Thanks Randy! This is good.

> TEST_KUNIT_DEVICE_HELPERS ---
> drivers/iio/test/Kconfig:11:	select TEST_KUNIT_DEVICE_HELPERS
This is a config for stuff that never went upstream. It was replaced by 
more sophisticated kunit_device, which I believe is behind the 
'CONFIG_KUNIT'. So, this should be dropped, thanks!

Yours,
	-- Matti

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Matti Vaittinen
Linux kernel developer at ROHM Semiconductors
Oulu Finland

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