Merge tag 'kconfig-v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Change 'option defconfig' to the environment variable
   KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST

 - Refactor tinyconfig without using allnoconfig_y

 - Remove 'option allnoconfig_y' syntax

 - Change 'option modules' to 'modules'

 - Do not use /boot/config-* etc. as base config for cross-compilation

 - Fix a search bug in nconf

 - Various code cleanups

* tag 'kconfig-v5.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (34 commits)
  kconfig: refactor .gitignore
  kconfig: highlight xconfig 'comment' lines with '***'
  kconfig: highlight gconfig 'comment' lines with '***'
  kconfig: gconf: remove unused code
  kconfig: remove unused PACKAGE definition
  kconfig: nconf: stop endless search loops
  kconfig: split menu.c out of parser.y
  kconfig: nconf: refactor in print_in_middle()
  kconfig: nconf: remove meaningless wattrset() call from show_menu()
  kconfig: nconf: change set_config_filename() to void function
  kconfig: nconf: refactor attributes setup code
  kconfig: nconf: remove unneeded default for menu prompt
  kconfig: nconf: get rid of (void) casts from wattrset() calls
  kconfig: nconf: fix NORMAL attributes
  kconfig: mconf,nconf: remove unneeded '\0' termination after snprintf()
  kconfig: use /boot/config-* etc. as DEFCONFIG_LIST only for native build
  kconfig: change sym_change_count to a boolean flag
  kconfig: nconf: fix core dump when searching in empty menu
  kconfig: lxdialog: A spello fix and a punctuation added
  kconfig: streamline_config.pl: Couple of typo fixes
  ...

Author: torvalds

Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst

@@ -223,25 +223,10 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
   the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has
   a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text.
 
-- misc options: "option" <symbol>[=<value>]
-
-  Various less common options can be defined via this option syntax,
-  which can modify the behaviour of the menu entry and its config
-  symbol. These options are currently possible:
-
-  - "defconfig_list"
-    This declares a list of default entries which can be used when
-    looking for the default configuration (which is used when the main
-    .config doesn't exists yet.)
-
-  - "modules"
-    This declares the symbol to be used as the MODULES symbol, which
-    enables the third modular state for all config symbols.
-    At most one symbol may have the "modules" option set.
-
-  - "allnoconfig_y"
-    This declares the symbol as one that should have the value y when
-    using "allnoconfig". Used for symbols that hide other symbols.
+- module attribute: "modules"
+  This declares the symbol to be used as the MODULES symbol, which
+  enables the third modular state for all config symbols.
+  At most one symbol may have the "modules" option set.
 
 Menu dependencies
 -----------------

Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ KCONFIG_CONFIG
 This environment variable can be used to specify a default kernel config
 file name to override the default name of ".config".
 
+KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST
+----------------------
+
+This environment variable specifies a list of config files which can be used
+as a base configuration in case the .config does not exist yet. Entries in
+the list are separated with whitespaces to each other, and the first one
+that exists is used.
+
 KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG
 -----------------------
 If you set KCONFIG_OVERWRITECONFIG in the environment, Kconfig will not

Makefile

@@ -404,12 +404,14 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),sh64)
        SRCARCH := sh
 endif
 
+export cross_compiling :=
+ifneq ($(SRCARCH),$(SUBARCH))
+cross_compiling := 1
+endif
+
 KCONFIG_CONFIG	?= .config
 export KCONFIG_CONFIG
 
-# Default file for 'make defconfig'. This may be overridden by arch-Makefile.
-export KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := defconfig
-
 # SHELL used by kbuild
 CONFIG_SHELL := sh
 

init/Kconfig

@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-config DEFCONFIG_LIST
-	string
-	depends on !UML
-	option defconfig_list
-	default "/lib/modules/$(shell,uname -r)/.config"
-	default "/etc/kernel-config"
-	default "/boot/config-$(shell,uname -r)"
-	default "arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)"
-
 config CC_VERSION_TEXT
 	string
 	default "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"
@@ -1805,7 +1796,6 @@ config DEBUG_RSEQ
 
 config EMBEDDED
 	bool "Embedded system"
-	option allnoconfig_y
 	select EXPERT
 	help
 	  This option should be enabled if compiling the kernel for
@@ -2080,7 +2070,7 @@ config MODULE_SIG_FORMAT
 
 menuconfig MODULES
 	bool "Enable loadable module support"
-	option modules
+	modules
 	help
 	  Kernel modules are small pieces of compiled code which can
 	  be inserted in the running kernel, rather than being

kernel/configs/tiny-base.config

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y

scripts/kconfig/.gitignore

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/conf
+/[gmnq]conf
+/[gmnq]conf-cfg
 /qconf-moc.cc
-*conf-cfg
-
-#
-# configuration programs
-#
-conf
-mconf
-nconf
-qconf
-gconf

scripts/kconfig/Makefile

@@ -9,10 +9,24 @@ else
 Kconfig := Kconfig
 endif
 
+ifndef KBUILD_DEFCONFIG
+KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := defconfig
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(quiet),silent_)
 silent := -s
 endif
 
+export KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST :=
+ifndef cross_compiling
+kernel-release := $(shell uname -r)
+KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST += \
+	/lib/modules/$(kernel-release)/.config \
+	/etc/kernel-config \
+	/boot/config-$(kernel-release)
+endif
+KCONFIG_DEFCONFIG_LIST += arch/$(SRCARCH)/configs/$(KBUILD_DEFCONFIG)
+
 # We need this, in case the user has it in its environment
 unexport CONFIG_
 
@@ -88,7 +102,8 @@ configfiles=$(wildcard $(srctree)/kernel/configs/$@ $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/c
 
 PHONY += tinyconfig
 tinyconfig:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile allnoconfig tiny.config
+	$(Q)KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=kernel/configs/tiny-base.config $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile allnoconfig
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile tiny.config
 
 # CHECK: -o cache_dir=<path> working?
 PHONY += testconfig
@@ -128,8 +143,8 @@ help:
 
 # ===========================================================================
 # object files used by all kconfig flavours
-common-objs	:= confdata.o expr.o lexer.lex.o parser.tab.o preprocess.o \
-		   symbol.o util.o
+common-objs	:= confdata.o expr.o lexer.lex.o menu.o parser.tab.o \
+		   preprocess.o symbol.o util.o
 
 $(obj)/lexer.lex.o: $(obj)/parser.tab.h
 HOSTCFLAGS_lexer.lex.o	:= -I $(srctree)/$(src)