Mastodawn

A recent LKML patch used a tool called kconfirm to find Kconfig "dead code." The tool is so obscure that even Andrew Morton was puzzled, replying:

"OK, I give up. Where do I learn about kconfirm?"

It’s refreshing to see the person overseeing the kernel’s most critical code have a "no idea what this is" moment! Like Andrew, I’m dying to know—where DO we learn about this? Haha! 😂

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260[email protected]/T/#m62498a39216b41fd3ff56b05310c5acac6433f27

#LinuxKernel #kconfirm #KernelDev

[PATCH] mm/thp: dead code cleanup in Kconfig

Nick Huang Mar 14, 2018

tech? no! man, see...Mar 6, 2018

A novice of the temple once approached the Master Programmer with a question: “Master, does #Emacs have the Buddha nature?” the novice asked.

The Master Programmer had been in the temple for many years and could be relied upon to know these things. He thought for several minutes before replying: “I don’t see why not. It’s bloody well got everything else.”