1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f130c93a5656..6afc24ba77a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2357,6 +2357,13 @@ sub process {
                              "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
                 }
 
+# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
+                if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+                    $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
+                        WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
+                             "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
+                }
+
                 if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
                     ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
                         my $flag = $1;