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The S_OTHER type could be set only when conf_read_simple() is reading include/config/auto.conf file. For example, CONFIG_FOO=y exists in include/config/auto.conf but it is missing from the currently parsed Kconfig files, sym_lookup() allocates a new symbol, and sets its type to S_OTHER. Strangely, it will be set to S_STRING by conf_set_sym_val() a few lines below while it is obviously bool or tristate type. On the other hand, when CONFIG_BAR="bar" is being dropped from include/config/auto.conf, its type remains S_OTHER. Because for_all_symbols() omits S_OTHER symbols, conf_touch_deps() misses to touch include/config/bar.h This behavior has been a pretty mystery for me, and digging the git histroy did not help. At least, touching depfiles is broken for string type symbols. I removed S_OTHER entirely, and reimplemented it more simply. If CONFIG_FOO was visible in the previous syncconfig, but is missing now, what we want to do is quite simple; just call conf_touch_dep() to touch include/config/foo.h instead of allocating a new symbol data. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.