linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: uapi: Drop check

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Message-ID: <aVONCfcaIelceeVE@levanger>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:27:53 +0100
From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>
To: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: uapi: Drop check_config()

On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 08:09:29AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> headers_install.sh already tests for CONFIG symbols. It does so in a
> more comprehensive way, by only checking for references in code and
> also running even if CONFIG_UAPI_HEADER_TEST is disabled.
> And check_config() has been disabled any case.
> 
> Drop the pointless check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  usr/include/headers_check.pl | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

Thanks for spotting!

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@...nel.org>