linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] scripts: headers_install.sh: Remove config leak ignore machinery

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Message-Id: <20251230-headers_install-config-leak-v1-5-efba5c58073d@linutronix.de>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:11:00 +0100
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
To: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...nel.org>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
 Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org, 
 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] scripts: headers_install.sh: Remove config leak ignore
 machinery

There are no entries left to ignore and none should be added again.

Remove the now unused logic.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
---
 scripts/headers_install.sh | 24 ++----------------------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.sh b/scripts/headers_install.sh
index 1301ba68d772..9c15e748761c 100755
--- a/scripts/headers_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/headers_install.sh
@@ -64,30 +64,10 @@ configs=$(sed -e '
 	d
 ' $OUTFILE)

-# The entries in the following list do not result in an error.
-# Please do not add a new entry. This list is only for existing ones.
-# The list will be reduced gradually, and deleted eventually. (hopefully)
-#
-# The format is <file-name>:<CONFIG-option> in each line.
-config_leak_ignores="
-"
-
 for c in $configs
 do
-	leak_error=1
-
-	for ignore in $config_leak_ignores
-	do
-		if echo "$INFILE:$c" | grep -q "$ignore$"; then
-			leak_error=
-			break
-		fi
-	done
-
-	if [ "$leak_error" = 1 ]; then
-		echo "error: $INFILE: leak $c to user-space" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
+	echo "error: $INFILE: leak $c to user-space" >&2
+	exit 1
 done

 rm -f $TMPFILE

-- 
2.52.0