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author | Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com> | 2017-10-08 19:42:18 +0200 |
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committer | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> | 2018-01-22 00:49:28 +0900 |
commit | 05cccce580456d9b1a4548d9aba758856cac6455 (patch) | |
tree | 266028d2b2f70de0a824088fec4e145ae5c5e2c4 /scripts/kconfig/menu.c | |
parent | 7cf33f88e2941051309e094e2fafd80f364735f2 (diff) | |
download | linux-05cccce580456d9b1a4548d9aba758856cac6455.tar.bz2 |
kconfig: Document automatic submenu creation code
It's tricky to figure out what it does (and how) without staring at the
code for a long time. Document it to make it more transparent.
No functional changes. Only comments added.
Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/kconfig/menu.c')
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/kconfig/menu.c | 38 |
1 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c index 41c79bef3d07..d061a4d4e203 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c +++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c @@ -418,25 +418,63 @@ void menu_finalize(struct menu *parent) for (menu = parent->list; menu; menu = menu->next) menu_finalize(menu); } else if (sym) { + /* + * Automatic submenu creation. If sym is a symbol and A, B, C, + * ... are consecutive items (symbols, menus, ifs, etc.) that + * all depend on sym, then the following menu structure is + * created: + * + * sym + * +-A + * +-B + * +-C + * ... + * + * This also works recursively, giving the following structure + * if A is a symbol and B depends on A: + * + * sym + * +-A + * | +-B + * +-C + * ... + */ + basedep = parent->prompt ? parent->prompt->visible.expr : NULL; basedep = expr_trans_compare(basedep, E_UNEQUAL, &symbol_no); basedep = expr_eliminate_dups(expr_transform(basedep)); + + /* Examine consecutive elements after sym */ last_menu = NULL; for (menu = parent->next; menu; menu = menu->next) { dep = menu->prompt ? menu->prompt->visible.expr : menu->dep; if (!expr_contains_symbol(dep, sym)) + /* No dependency, quit */ break; if (expr_depends_symbol(dep, sym)) + /* Absolute dependency, put in submenu */ goto next; + + /* + * Also consider it a dependency on sym if our + * dependencies contain sym and are a "superset" of + * sym's dependencies, e.g. '(sym || Q) && R' when sym + * depends on R. + * + * Note that 'R' might be from an enclosing menu or if, + * making this a more common case than it might seem. + */ dep = expr_trans_compare(dep, E_UNEQUAL, &symbol_no); dep = expr_eliminate_dups(expr_transform(dep)); dep2 = expr_copy(basedep); expr_eliminate_eq(&dep, &dep2); expr_free(dep); if (!expr_is_yes(dep2)) { + /* Not superset, quit */ expr_free(dep2); break; } + /* Superset, put in submenu */ expr_free(dep2); next: menu_finalize(menu); |