linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Speed up "make headers

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Message-ID: <8499950a0806080523l15e5ba01v30c4c78b59e0a4d7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:23:24 +0100
From:	"Oleg Verych" <olecom@...il.com>
To:	"Sam Ravnborg" <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	"David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Speed up "make headers_*"

> Correct. A quick grep shows that we have these different
> uses of __KERNEL__:
>
> #if defined(__ARM_EABI__) && !defined(__KERNEL__)
> #if !defined(CONFIG_M68K) || !defined(__KERNEL__)
> #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L1_COMPAT) || !defined (__KERNEL__)
> #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__STRICT_ANSI__) || defined(__KERNEL__)
> #if defined(__KERNEL__)

> #ifndef __KERNEL__
>
> #else and #endif filtered away.
>
> A script needs to take into account other preprocessor
> uses too due to their nested nature.
> But doable I'm sure.
>
> And I rather have 100 lines perl than use the unifdef utility
> because we then have it collected in one place and can do even
> stricter validation.

I've suggested some time ago to adopt a coding style for simple

#if defined(__KERNEL__)
#ifndef __KERNEL__

this will be much clearner as for developers to know the scope by
using simple /* __KERNEL__ */  /* !__KERNEL__ */, and `sed`
script for that would be from 1 to 4 lines.

-- 
sed 'sed && sh + olecom = love'  <<  ''
-o--=O`C
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