[PATCH 6.1 461/473] kconfig: fix comparison to constant symbols, m, n

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-06-06T14:20:41Z

From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

[ Upstream commit aabdc960a283ba78086b0bf66ee74326f49e218e ]

Currently, comparisons to 'm' or 'n' result in incorrect output.

[Test Code]

config MODULES
def_bool y
modules

config A
def_tristate m

config B
def_bool A > n

CONFIG_B is unset, while CONFIG_B=y is expected.

The reason for the issue is because Kconfig compares the tristate values
as strings.

Currently, the .type fields in the constant symbol definitions,
symbol_{yes,mod,no} are unspecified, i.e., S_UNKNOWN.

When expr_calc_value() evaluates 'A > n', it checks the types of 'A' and
'n' to determine how to compare them.

The left-hand side, 'A', is a tristate symbol with a value of 'm', which
corresponds to a numeric value of 1. (Internally, 'y', 'm', and 'n' are
represented as 2, 1, and 0, respectively.)

The right-hand side, 'n', has an unknown type, so it is treated as the
string "n" during the comparison.

expr_calc_value() compares two values numerically only when both can
have numeric values. Otherwise, they are compared as strings.

symbol numeric value ASCII code
-------------------------------------
y 2 0x79
m 1 0x6d
n 0 0x6e

'm' is greater than 'n' if compared numerically (since 1 is greater
than 0), but smaller than 'n' if compared as strings (since the ASCII
code 0x6d is smaller than 0x6e).

Specifying .type=S_TRISTATE for symbol_{yes,mod,no} fixes the above
test code.

Doing so, however, would cause a regression to the following test code.

[Test Code 2]

config MODULES
def_bool n
modules

config A
def_tristate n

config B
def_bool A = m

You would get CONFIG_B=y, while CONFIG_B should not be set.

The reason is because sym_get_string_value() turns 'm' into 'n' when the
module feature is disabled. Consequently, expr_calc_value() evaluates
'A = n' instead of 'A = m'. This oddity has been hidden because the type
of 'm' was previously S_UNKNOWN instead of S_TRISTATE.

sym_get_string_value() should not tweak the string because the tristate
value has already been correctly calculated. There is no reason to
return the string "n" where its tristate value is mod.

Fixes: 31847b67bec0 ("kconfig: allow use of relations other than (in)equality")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
scripts/kconfig/symbol.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index a76925b46ce63..7b1df55b01767 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -13,18 +13,21 @@

struct symbol symbol_yes = {
.name = "y",
+ .type = S_TRISTATE,
.curr = { "y", yes },
.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
};

struct symbol symbol_mod = {
.name = "m",
+ .type = S_TRISTATE,
.curr = { "m", mod },
.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
};

struct symbol symbol_no = {
.name = "n",
+ .type = S_TRISTATE,
.curr = { "n", no },
.flags = SYMBOL_CONST|SYMBOL_VALID,
};
@@ -775,8 +778,7 @@ const char *sym_get_string_value(struct symbol *sym)
case no:
return "n";
case mod:
- sym_calc_value(modules_sym);
- return (modules_sym->curr.tri == no) ? "n" : "m";
+ return "m";
case yes:
return "y";
}
--
2.43.0