checkpatch: warn about using CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is
almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel
summit, it is being removed. This will discourage future addition of
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL while it is being phased out.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d4f61a6..cd251d5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1757,6 +1757,13 @@
#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
}
+# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in Kconfig.
+ if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+ $line =~ /.\s*depends on\s+.*\bEXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
+ WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
+ "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
+ }
+
if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
my $flag = $1;
@@ -1912,6 +1919,12 @@
# check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk
next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);
+# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def).
+ if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
+ WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
+ "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
+ }
+
# check for RCS/CVS revision markers
if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\$(Revision|Log|Id)(?:\$|)/) {
WARN("CVS_KEYWORD",