kernel/linux.git/scripts/kconfig/lexer.l, branch v7.1-rc5

kconfig: Error out on duplicated kconfig inclusion

2026-02-27T08:26:58+00:00

Let kconfig exit with error on duplicated Kconfig file inclusion. Repeated inclusion of Kbuild files are considered bad-practise with regard to maintenance; and Kconfig language is rich enough that there should be no need for that. If repeated inclusion of Kconfig files is detected, error out with messages like: Kconfig.inc1:4: error: repeated inclusion of Kconfig.inc3 Kconfig.inc2:3: note: location of first inclusion of Kconfig.inc3 While commit f094f8a1b273 ("kconfig: allow multiple inclusion of the same file") introduced detection of recursive inclusions of Kconfig files, it explicitly allowed repeated inclusions, unfortunately w/o reasoning. Reported-by: Linus Torvalds Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wj03hLzK2D=+OYmjgcmGM+XYymp8GyaEs=C0=rXG2nb7w@mail.gmail.com/ Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260220-kconfig-error-out-on-duplicated-inclusion-v1-1-be78aa241a53@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier

kconfig: Add transitional symbol attribute for migration support

2025-09-24T21:23:35+00:00

During kernel option migrations (e.g. CONFIG_CFI_CLANG to CONFIG_CFI), existing .config files need to maintain backward compatibility while preventing deprecated options from appearing in newly generated configurations. This is challenging with existing Kconfig mechanisms because: 1. Simply removing old options breaks existing .config files. 2. Manually listing an option as "deprecated" leaves it needlessly visible and still writes them to new .config files. 3. Using any method to remove visibility (.e.g no 'prompt', 'if n', etc) prevents the option from being processed at all. Add a "transitional" attribute that creates symbols which are: - Processed during configuration (can influence other symbols' defaults) - Hidden from user menus (no prompts appear) - Omitted from newly written .config files (gets migrated) - Restricted to only having help sections (no defaults, selects, etc) making it truly just a "prior value pass-through" option. The transitional syntax requires a type argument and prevents type redefinition: config NEW_OPTION bool "New option" default OLD_OPTION config OLD_OPTION bool transitional help Transitional config for OLD_OPTION migration. This allows seamless migration: olddefconfig processes existing CONFIG_OLD_OPTION=y settings to enable CONFIG_NEW_OPTION=y, while CONFIG_OLD_OPTION is omitted from newly generated .config files. Added positive and negative testing via "testconfig" make target. Co-developed-by: Vegard Nossum Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250923213422.1105654-2-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

kbuild: split x*alloc() functions in kconfig to scripts/include/xalloc.h

2024-09-01T11:34:48+00:00

These functions will be useful for other host programs. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: remove 'optional' property support

2024-05-02T10:48:26+00:00

The 'choice' statement is primarily used to exclusively select one option, but the 'optional' property allows all entries to be disabled. In the following example, both A and B can be disabled simultaneously: choice prompt "choose A, B, or nothing" optional config A bool "A" config B bool "B" endchoice You can achieve the equivalent outcome by other means. A common solution is to add another option to guard the choice block. In the following example, you can set ENABLE_A_B_CHOICE=n to disable the entire choice block: choice prompt "choose A or B" depends on ENABLE_A_B_CHOICE config A bool "A" config B bool "B" endchoice Another approach is to insert one more entry: choice prompt "choose A, B, or disable both" config A bool "A" config B bool "B" config DISABLE_A_AND_B bool "choose this to disable both A and B" endchoice Some real examples are DEBUG_INFO_NONE, INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE, LTO_NONE, etc. The 'optional' property is even more unnecessary for a tristate choice. Without the 'optional' property, you can disable A and B; you can set 'm' in the choice prompt, and disable A and B individually: choice prompt "choose one built-in or make them modular" config A tristate "A" config B tristate "B" endchoice In conclusion, the 'optional' property was unneeded. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier

kconfig: change file_lookup() to return the file name

2024-02-19T09:20:41+00:00

Currently, file_lookup() returns a pointer to (struct file), but the callers use only file->name. Make it return the ->name member directly. This adjustment encapsulates struct file and file_list as internal implementation. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: move the file and lineno in struct file to struct buffer

2024-02-19T09:20:40+00:00

struct file has two link nodes, 'next' and 'parent'. The former is used to link files in the 'file_list' linked list, which manages the list of Kconfig files seen so far. The latter is used to link files in the 'current_file' linked list, which manages the inclusion ("source") tree. The latter should be tracked together with the lexer state. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: replace remaining current_file->name with cur_filename

2024-02-19T09:20:40+00:00

Replace the remaining current_file->name in the lexer context. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: do not delay the cur_filename update

2024-02-19T09:20:40+00:00

Currently, cur_filename is updated at the first token of each statement. However, this seems unnecessary based on my understanding; the parser can use the same variable as the lexer tracks. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: replace file->name with name in zconf_nextfile()

2024-02-19T09:20:40+00:00

The 'file->name' and 'name' are the same in this function. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada

kconfig: remove zconf_curname() and zconf_lineno()

2024-02-19T09:20:40+00:00

Now zconf_curname() and zconf_lineno() are so simple that they just return cur_filename, cur_lineno, respectively. Remove these functions, and then use cur_filename and cur_lineno directly. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada