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

[Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>]

On 5/14/26 14:32, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:29 -0500, Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev> wrote:
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
>> [...]
>>
>> This new static checker is the script used for [1] with a few
>> improvements to avoid some false positives.
>>
>> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216748 [1]
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones@linux.dev>
> 
> I think something like this is reasonable, as least until kconfirm
> is potentially ready for integration into the tree.
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/20260509203808.1142311-1-julianbraha@gmail.com/
> 
Agreed, don't let kconfirm block this. While I do have future plans to
support these same alarms in that tool, there's currently no overlap
between these two, and no ETA on that support either ;)

Side note, this script was actually part of my inspiration to go
searching for more misusage of kconfig and build kconfirm. I also
previously cleaned up some dead code, thanks to this script:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260309122321.1528622-1-julianbraha@gmail.com/

- Julian Braha