This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel summit, it is being removed. This will discourage future addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL while it is being phased out.
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| @@ -1757,6 +1757,13 @@ sub process { · 1756 unmodified lines | ||
| 1757 | 1757 | #print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n"; |
| 1758 | 1758 | } |
| 1759 | 1759 | |
| 1760 | +# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in Kconfig. | |
| 1761 | + if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && | |
| 1762 | + $line =~ /.\s*depends on\s+.*\bEXPERIMENTAL\b/) { | |
| 1763 | + WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL", | |
| 1764 | + "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n"); | |
| 1765 | + } | |
| 1766 | + | |
| 1760 | 1767 | if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) && |
| 1761 | 1768 | ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) { |
| 1762 | 1769 | my $flag = $1; |
| @@ -1912,6 +1919,12 @@ sub process { · 149 unmodified lines | ||
| 1912 | 1919 | # check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk |
| 1913 | 1920 | next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/); |
| 1914 | 1921 | |
| 1922 | +# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def). | |
| 1923 | + if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) { | |
| 1924 | + WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL", | |
| 1925 | + "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n"); | |
| 1926 | + } | |
| 1927 | + | |
| 1915 | 1928 | # check for RCS/CVS revision markers |
| 1916 | 1929 | if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\$(Revision|Log|Id)(?:\$|)/) { |
| 1917 | 1930 | WARN("CVS_KEYWORD", |