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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkpatch: add Kconfig 'default n' test
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Yingjoe Chen <yingjoe.chen@mediatek.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, srv_heupstream@mediatek.com
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:16:51 -0700
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On Thu, 2016-04-21 at 21:28 +0800, Yingjoe Chen wrote:
> If a Kconfig config option doesn't specify 'default', the default
> will be n. Adding 'default n' is unnecessary.
> 
> Add a test to warn about this.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -2600,6 +2600,13 @@ sub process {
>  			     "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}
>  
> +# discourage the use of default n
> +		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
> +		    $line =~ /^\+\s*\bdefault\b\s*n\s*$/) {

maybe line =~ /^\+\s*default\s+n/i

Also, there are some oddities like:

arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig:        default "n"

and a dozen or so uses like

	default n if <foo>