Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Avoid prompting for transitional symbols
From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Sep 30 2025 - 10:59:56 EST
On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 08:25:06AM +0200, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> On 30/09/2025 06:53, Kees Cook wrote:
> > [...]
> > + if (sym->type == S_BOOLEAN || sym->type == S_TRISTATE)
> > + sym->def[S_DEF_USER].tri = newval.tri;
> > + else
> > + sym->def[S_DEF_USER].val = newval.val;
>
> sym->def[S_DEF_USER] and newval are both 'struct symbol_value', can we
> just unconditionally do this instead?
>
> sym->def[S_DEF_USER] = newval;
Argh, yes. I even went and looked at that struct to see if tri and val
were a union and my brain didn't get to the next step. :P
I'll update this.
> I have to run, will take a closer look later. Thanks,
Thanks!
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Kees Cook