Re: [PATCH] scripts/kconfig/merge_config: don't redefine 'y' to 'm'

From: Anders Roxell
Date: Tue Nov 06 2018 - 08:57:56 EST


On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 at 09:35, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Anders,
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 8:41 PM Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > In today's merge_config.sh the order of the config fragment files dictates
> > the output of a config option. With this approach we will get different
> > .config files depending on the order of the config fragment files.
> > Adding a switch to add precedence for builtin over modules, this will
> > make the .config file the same
> >
> > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> I think this patch makes sense.
>
> Just in case, could you please provide me the context of the discussion?

For instance we don't want to force X86 from DRM=y to DRM=m, when
enabling selftest, that would surely break somebody's setup and you also
don't want to force ARM64 from DRM=m to DRM=y, that seems
unnecessary for a big subsystem like DRM.

>
> Does the real problem exist in the kernel tree,

Not that I'm aware about.

Cheers,
Anders

> or for local fragment files?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> > scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
> > index da66e7742282..902a60b45614 100755
> > --- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ usage() {
> > echo " -m only merge the fragments, do not execute the make command"
> > echo " -n use allnoconfig instead of alldefconfig"
> > echo " -r list redundant entries when merging fragments"
> > + echo " -y make builtin have precedence over modules"
> > echo " -O dir to put generated output files. Consider setting \$KCONFIG_CONFIG instead."
> > echo
> > echo "Used prefix: '$CONFIG_PREFIX'. You can redefine it with \$CONFIG_ environment variable."
> > @@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ usage() {
> > RUNMAKE=true
> > ALLTARGET=alldefconfig
> > WARNREDUN=false
> > +BUILTIN=false
> > OUTPUT=.
> > CONFIG_PREFIX=${CONFIG_-CONFIG_}
> >
> > @@ -64,6 +66,11 @@ while true; do
> > shift
> > continue
> > ;;
> > + "-y")
> > + BUILTIN=true
> > + shift
> > + continue
> > + ;;
> > "-O")
> > if [ -d $2 ];then
> > OUTPUT=$(echo $2 | sed 's/\/*$//')
> > @@ -122,7 +129,13 @@ for MERGE_FILE in $MERGE_LIST ; do
> > grep -q -w $CFG $TMP_FILE || continue
> > PREV_VAL=$(grep -w $CFG $TMP_FILE)
> > NEW_VAL=$(grep -w $CFG $MERGE_FILE)
> > - if [ "x$PREV_VAL" != "x$NEW_VAL" ] ; then
> > + if test "$BUILTIN" = "true" && echo $PREV_VAL |grep -Eq '^\w+=y' && echo $NEW_VAL |grep -Eq '^\w+=m' ; then
> > + echo Value of $CFG is \'y\' and we don\'t want to redefine the fragment $MERGE_FILE:
> > + echo Previous value: $PREV_VAL
> > + echo New value: $NEW_VAL
> > + echo Will use previous value.
> > + echo
> > + elif [ "x$PREV_VAL" != "x$NEW_VAL" ] ; then
> > echo Value of $CFG is redefined by fragment $MERGE_FILE:
> > echo Previous value: $PREV_VAL
> > echo New value: $NEW_VAL
> > --
> > 2.11.0
> >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada