Re: [PATCH] rust: kconfig: Don't require RUST_IS_AVAILABLE for rustc-option

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 9:16 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 09 Sep 2025 18:14:20 +0000, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> > The final version of this macro does not fail in the absence of an
> > invokable `$(RUSTC)`, so we don't need to be careful not to invoke it.
> >
> >
>
> Applied to
>
>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux.git kbuild-next
>
> Thanks!
>
> [1/1] rust: kconfig: Don't require RUST_IS_AVAILABLE for rustc-option
>       https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/f2445d6f264c6
>
> Please look out for regression or issue reports or other follow up
> comments, as they may result in the patch/series getting dropped or
> reverted. Patches applied to an "unstable" branch are accepted pending
> wider testing in -next and any post-commit review; they will generally
> be moved to the main branch in a week if no issues are found.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>

Removing this comment is correct, but please note
the commit description is not accurate.

Kconfig evaluates all $(shell ...) macros before deciding the
value of RUSAT_IS_AVAILABLE.
You cannot prevent Kconfig from evaluating $(shell ...).
The author of c42297438aee7 did not read
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-macro-language.rst



--
Best Regards

Masahiro Yamada