Ubuntu-focal-kernel/scripts/kconfig
Masahiro Yamada 5758886fcf kconfig: remove wrong expr_trans_bool()
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2076097

[ Upstream commit 77a92660d8fe8d29503fae768d9f5eb529c88b36 ]

expr_trans_bool() performs an incorrect transformation.

[Test Code]

    config MODULES
            def_bool y
            modules

    config A
            def_bool y
            select C if B != n

    config B
            def_tristate m

    config C
            tristate

[Result]

    CONFIG_MODULES=y
    CONFIG_A=y
    CONFIG_B=m
    CONFIG_C=m

This output is incorrect because CONFIG_C=y is expected.

Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst clearly explains the function
of the '!=' operator:

    If the values of both symbols are equal, it returns 'n',
    otherwise 'y'.

Therefore, the statement:

    select C if B != n

should be equivalent to:

    select C if y

Or, more simply:

    select C

Hence, the symbol C should be selected by the value of A, which is 'y'.

However, expr_trans_bool() wrongly transforms it to:

    select C if B

Therefore, the symbol C is selected by (A && B), which is 'm'.

The comment block of expr_trans_bool() correctly explains its intention:

  * bool FOO!=n => FOO
    ^^^^

If FOO is bool, FOO!=n can be simplified into FOO. This is correct.

However, the actual code performs this transformation when FOO is
tristate:

    if (e->left.sym->type == S_TRISTATE) {
                             ^^^^^^^^^^

While it can be fixed to S_BOOLEAN, there is no point in doing so
because expr_tranform() already transforms FOO!=n to FOO when FOO is
bool. (see the "case E_UNEQUAL" part)

expr_trans_bool() is wrong and unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Manuel Diewald <manuel.diewald@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Roxana Nicolescu <roxana.nicolescu@canonical.com>
2024-09-27 10:50:08 +02:00
..
lxdialog
tests
.gitignore
Makefile
conf.c
confdata.c
expr.c kconfig: remove wrong expr_trans_bool() 2024-09-27 10:50:08 +02:00
expr.h kconfig: remove wrong expr_trans_bool() 2024-09-27 10:50:08 +02:00
gconf-cfg.sh
gconf.c kconfig: gconf: give a proper initial state to the Save button 2024-09-27 10:50:08 +02:00
gconf.glade
images.c
images.h
lexer.l kconfig: fix infinite loop when expanding a macro at the end of file 2024-06-07 15:01:31 +02:00
list.h
lkc.h
lkc_proto.h
mconf-cfg.sh
mconf.c
menu.c kconfig: remove wrong expr_trans_bool() 2024-09-27 10:50:08 +02:00
merge_config.sh
nconf-cfg.sh
nconf.c
nconf.gui.c
nconf.h
parser.y
preprocess.c kconfig: fix possible buffer overflow 2023-10-30 11:42:18 +01:00
qconf-cfg.sh
qconf.cc
qconf.h
streamline_config.pl
symbol.c kconfig: fix comparison to constant symbols, 'm', 'n' 2024-07-05 10:52:02 +02:00
util.c