Re: [PATCH] Makefile: make sparse (CHECK) user-selectable

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed May 08 2013 - 13:44:49 EST


On 05/08/13 08:23, Phil Carmody wrote:
> I've got a tweaked version as well as the system default,
> so make the sparse binary that's run user-selectable.
>

I'm confused about why this patch is necessary since I already do

$ make O=builddir CHECK=/path/to/sparse all

> Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <pc+lkml@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Makefile | 4 +++-
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index a3a834b..e7a4851 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -338,7 +338,9 @@ GENKSYMS = scripts/genksyms/genksyms
> INSTALLKERNEL := installkernel
> DEPMOD = /sbin/depmod
> PERL = perl
> -CHECK = sparse
> +ifndef CHECK
> + CHECK = sparse
> +endif
>
> CHECKFLAGS := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \
> -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void $(CF)
>


--
~Randy
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