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author | Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com> | 2017-10-04 07:48:14 +0200 |
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committer | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> | 2017-12-07 23:46:57 +0900 |
commit | 52aede4ba5efd159a6c5f4a0c25586cb26e7befc (patch) | |
tree | e965212a660ae9d1b344d02f5d1fcaacdc005568 /scripts/kconfig/expr.h | |
parent | 33ca1a24866373777c5e1415f974069835f8cf41 (diff) | |
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kconfig: Document the 'symbol' struct
Visibility and choices in particular might be a bit tricky to figure
out.
Also fix existing comment to point out that P_MENU is also used for
menus.
Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/kconfig/expr.h')
-rw-r--r-- | scripts/kconfig/expr.h | 45 |
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h index ae7583c3a7b1..e7d7a5e3da68 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h +++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h @@ -74,17 +74,60 @@ enum { S_DEF_COUNT }; +/* + * Represents a configuration symbol. + * + * Choices are represented as a special kind of symbol and have the + * SYMBOL_CHOICE bit set in 'flags'. + */ struct symbol { + /* The next symbol in the same bucket in the symbol hash table */ struct symbol *next; + + /* The name of the symbol, e.g. "FOO" for 'config FOO' */ char *name; + + /* S_BOOLEAN, S_TRISTATE, ... */ enum symbol_type type; + + /* + * The calculated value of the symbol. The SYMBOL_VALID bit is set in + * 'flags' when this is up to date. Note that this value might differ + * from the user value set in e.g. a .config file, due to visibility. + */ struct symbol_value curr; + + /* + * Values for the symbol provided from outside. def[S_DEF_USER] holds + * the .config value. + */ struct symbol_value def[S_DEF_COUNT]; + + /* + * An upper bound on the tristate value the user can set for the symbol + * if it is a boolean or tristate. Calculated from prompt dependencies, + * which also inherit dependencies from enclosing menus, choices, and + * ifs. If 'n', the user value will be ignored. + * + * Symbols lacking prompts always have visibility 'n'. + */ tristate visible; + + /* SYMBOL_* flags */ int flags; + + /* List of properties. See prop_type. */ struct property *prop; + + /* Dependencies from enclosing menus, choices, and ifs */ struct expr_value dir_dep; + + /* Reverse dependencies through being selected by other symbols */ struct expr_value rev_dep; + + /* + * "Weak" reverse dependencies through being implied by other symbols + */ struct expr_value implied; }; @@ -133,7 +176,7 @@ enum prop_type { P_UNKNOWN, P_PROMPT, /* prompt "foo prompt" or "BAZ Value" */ P_COMMENT, /* text associated with a comment */ - P_MENU, /* prompt associated with a menuconfig option */ + P_MENU, /* prompt associated with a menu or menuconfig symbol */ P_DEFAULT, /* default y */ P_CHOICE, /* choice value */ P_SELECT, /* select BAR */ |