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Commit 915f6490 authored by Masahiro Yamada's avatar Masahiro Yamada
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kconfig: error out if a recursive variable references itself



When using a recursively expanded variable, it is a common mistake
to make circular reference.

For example, Make terminates the following code:

  X = $(X)
  Y := $(X)

Let's detect the circular expansion in Kconfig, too.

On the other hand, a function that recurses itself is a commonly-used
programming technique.  So, Make does not check recursion in the
reference with 'call'.  For example, the following code continues
running eternally:

  X = $(call X)
  Y := $(X)

Kconfig allows circular expansion if one or more arguments are given,
but terminates when the same function is recursively invoked 1000 times,
assuming it is a programming mistake.

Signed-off-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
parent a702a617
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