980c9e198f
Currently, a linked list is used to keep track of all the Kconfig
files that have ever been parsed. Every time the "source" statement
is encountered, the linked list is traversed to check if the file has
been opened before. This prevents the same file from being recorded
in include/config/auto.conf.cmd again.
Given 1500+ Kconfig files parsed, a hashtable is now a more optimal
data structure.
By the way, you may wonder why we check this in the first place.
It matters only when the same file is included multiple times.
In old days, such a use case was forbidden, but commit f094f8a1b273
("kconfig: allow multiple inclusion of the same file") provided a bit
more flexibility. Of course, it is almost hypothetical...
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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.