Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] objtool: Move sync check to a script

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Nov 07 2017 - 11:01:59 EST



* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 04:05:54PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 10:46:21AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > > Hm, this doesn't actually warn - it outputs the diff:
> > > >
> > > > triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> ./sync-check.sh
> > > > triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> 99a100,109
> > > > > /* Identifiers for segment registers */
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_IGNORE 0
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_DEFAULT 1
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_CS 2
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_SS 3
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_DS 4
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_ES 5
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_FS 6
> > > > > #define INAT_SEG_REG_GS 7
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I fixed it to do:
> > > >
> > > > diff $file ../../$file > /dev/null ||
> > > >
> > > > (note the removal of '&')
> > > >
> > > > Then it outputs the right thing:
> > > >
> > > > triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> ./sync-check.sh
> > > > Warning: synced file at 'tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h' differs from latest kernel version at 'arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h'
> > >
> > > Ah. I guess '&>' is a bash-ism, shorthand for redirecting both stdout
> > > and stderr. It worked for me with bash 4.4.12. I guess you used a
> > > different default shell?
> >
> > No, I use bash too, but note that the script uses SH:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
>
> I guess your /bin/sh is different than mine :-)
>
> $ ls -l /bin/sh
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 4 Aug 8 06:03 /bin/sh -> bash

Yeah:

triton:~/tip> ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Jul 28 2016 /bin/sh -> dash


Mystery solved! :-)

Thanks,

Ingo