Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/gen_header: allow skipping the validation

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Fri May 03 2024 - 12:48:22 EST


Hi Dmitry,

On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 05:22:54PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> We don't need to run the validation of the XML files if we are just
> compiling the kernel. Skip the validation unless the user enables
> corresponding Kconfig option. This removes a warning from gen_header.py
> about lxml being not installed.
>
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240409120108.2303d0bd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Makefile | 9 ++++++++-
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 14 +++++++++++---
> 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> index f202f26adab2..4c9bf237d4a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ config DRM_MSM_GPU_SUDO
> Only use this if you are a driver developer. This should *not*
> be enabled for production kernels. If unsure, say N.
>
> +config DRM_MSM_VALIDATE_XML
> + bool "Validate XML register files against schema"
> + depends on DRM_MSM && EXPERT
> + depends on $(success,$(PYTHON3) -c "import lxml")
> + help
> + Validate XML files with register definitions against rules-fd schema.
> + This option is mostly targeting DRM MSM developers. If unsure, say N.

Is this change going to be applied? I have gotten a little tired of
seeing "lxml not found, skipping validation" in all of my builds :)

Cheers,
Nathan