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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f130c93a5656..6afc24ba77a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2357,6 +2357,13 @@ sub process {
"Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
}
+# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
+ if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
+ WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
+ "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
my $flag = $1;