Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Only generate config_is_xxx for bool and tristate options

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2011-05-18T05:28:10Z

On 21:53 Tue 17 May , Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 05:35:32PM +0200, Michal Marek wrote:
> > For strings and integers, the config_is_xxx macros are useless and
> > sometimes misleading:
> >
> > #define CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE ""
> > #define config_is_initramfs_source() 1
>
> I'm late with this comment....
> Could we introduce "config_is_foo" using a syntax that
> does not break grepability?
>
> Maybe a syntax like this?
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_FOO
>
> and
>
> if (KCONFIG_FOO())
>
> Grepping for the use of a symbol is a very typical thing,
> so we should try to keep this.
> And with the suggested syntax above I expect fixdep to
> catch up both usage types.
I'll prefer kconfig_foo()
not uppercase

but if we use KCONFIG_FOO no need to touch fixdep

Best Regards,
J.