• Masahiro Yamada's avatar
    kconfig: remove wrong expr_trans_bool() · 77a92660
    Masahiro Yamada authored
    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: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
    77a92660
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