Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758293AbZFYT33 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752766AbZFYT3V (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:21 -0400 Received: from astoria.ccjclearline.com ([64.235.106.9]:58814 "EHLO astoria.ccjclearline.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752552AbZFYT3U (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:27:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost To: Sam Ravnborg cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Bug in arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h [Was: next cleanup report: "bad" references to CONFIG variables] In-Reply-To: <20090625192412.GA15823@uranus.ravnborg.org> Message-ID: References: <20090625192412.GA15823@uranus.ravnborg.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - astoria.ccjclearline.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1459 Lines: 33 On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > If you continue this then please filter the know false positives. > For once start ignoring defconfigs. just to be clear, yes, there are numerous output lines from defconfig files, but a simple entry in a defconfig file can never *contribute* to something being flagged as bad or unused. all those lines represent is the subsequent global search once something *has* been flagged as unused or bad, just to show where it occurs anywhere in the tree (which is sometimes informative). if a variable occurred *only* in defconfig files, it would be ignored and nothing would be printed for it. but if that defconfig output has no value, i can toss it. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rpjday Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/