Re: [PATCH] scripts/checkkconfig.py: find unused Kconfig parameters

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 07:23 +0200, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> This is the first version of a script to look for
> Kconfig parameters which are still defined but no longer
> used in the kernel source code.
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> diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfig.py b/scripts/checkkconfig.py
[]
> +def count_param(param):
> +
> +    global source_file, bad_params_in_file
> +
> +    if os.path.isdir('.git'):
> +       # Use git grep when available
> +       count = subprocess.check_output('git grep ' + param + '| grep -v defconfig | wc -l', shell=True)
> +    else:
> +       # Fallback to regular grep
> +       count = subprocess.check_output('grep -R ' + param + ' . | grep -v defconfig | wc -l', shell=True)

Doesn't the grep need -w?

Also, the regular grep could probably use something like
'grep -R -w --max-count=2 --include="*.[chS]"'