Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add kconfig-sym-check static checker

[Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 10:32:12PM +0900, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:29 -0500, Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev> wrote:
[...]
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kconfig-sym-check.pl b/scripts/kconfig/kconfig-sym-check.pl
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 000000000000..a6907e585962
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/kconfig-sym-check.pl
> > @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
> > +#!/usr/bin/env perl
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +
> > +use warnings;
> > +use strict;
> > +
> > +my $kconfig_sym_check_excludes = undef;
> > +$kconfig_sym_check_excludes = $ARGV[0] if (defined $ARGV[0]);
> > +
> > +my @files = `git ls-files '*Kconfig*'`;
> 
> What happens if you run this command on a release tarball? We should
> probably use something like
> 
>   find $(srctree) -name '*Kconfig*'

not fully related, but that reminds me to this thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNATJ-3JQ0QQGQ5R+R8aBJEq-tmBL8iBZrbM_4t0zeoYTaw@mail.gmail.com/#r


-- 
Nicolas