Re: [PATCH 1/2] namespace.pl: fix source tree name mangling

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:34:11 +0800
Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 12:14:58AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 03:06:45PM +0900, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >> >On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:04:27 +0800
> >> >Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 02:11:53PM +0900, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >> >> >On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:31:12 +0800
> >> >> >Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 05:44:02PM +0900, Stephen Hemminger
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >The current namespace.pl script does not find source files
> >> >> >> >correctly. The problem is that the current directory is not the
> >> >> >> >base of the kernel
> >> >> >> >tree at the point where it calls objdump.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >--- a/scripts/namespace.pl 2010-09-27 17:53:29.919433444 +0900
> >> >> >> >+++ b/scripts/namespace.pl 2010-09-28 09:24:36.891552993 +0900
> >> >> >> >@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ sub do_nm
> >> >> >> > 		printf STDERR "$fullname is not an object file\n";
> >> >> >> > 		return;
> >> >> >> > 	}
> >> >> >> >- ($source = $fullname) =~ s/\.o$//;
> >> >> >> >- if (-e "$objtree$source.c" || -e "$objtree$source.S") {
> >> >> >> >+ $fullname =~ s/\.o$//;
> >> >> >> >+ $source = $basename;
> >> >> >> >+ $source =~ s/\.o$//;
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> With your patch applied, $source will be the basename of
> >> >> >> an obj path with .o stripped.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >+ if (-e "$objtree$fullname.c" || -e "$objtree$fullname.S") {
> >> >> >> > 		$source = "$objtree$source";
> >> >> >> > 	} else {
> >> >> >> > 		$source = "$srctree$source";
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> So here we will get a non-exist path stored in $source.
> >> >> >>
> >> ...
> >> >>
> >> >> I see, the docs of Find module said it will do chdir. :)
> >> >> But I think your patch is still not right, how about the
> >> >> one below?
> >> >
> >> >Please be more precise about "not right"? It makes the code
> >> >work.
> >> >
> >> 
> >> Hmm? $srctree is the path of top source code, and $source
> >> is the basename of an object, so dirname is missed, no?
> >
> >No. it works, please stop speculating and use a debugger or demonstrate
> >what you think the problem is.
> >
> 
> Just add a print to see what $source is, after you patch applied,
> I got something like:
> 
> ===>/home/wangcong/linux-2.6/btusb
> 
> I can't see any reason that this is correct. Maybe it works, but
> probably by accident.

What matters is the output of the script, not the value of some internal
variable.

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