linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] kconfig: improve error messages for bad source statements

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Message-ID: <20081227205840.GC16609@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:58:40 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kconfig: improve error messages for bad source statements

>From 31606ff6946f5fc841b9d990c6c5479f54f16835 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:51:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] kconfig: improve error messages for bad source statements

We now say where we detect the second source of a file,
and where we detect a recursively source of the same file.
This makes it easier to fix such errors.

Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
---
 scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped |    7 +++++--
 scripts/kconfig/zconf.l             |    7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped b/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
index 7342ce0..dc3e818 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c_shipped
@@ -2370,11 +2370,14 @@ void zconf_nextfile(const char *name)
 	current_buf = buf;
 
 	if (file->flags & FILE_BUSY) {
-		printf("recursive scan (%s)?\n", name);
+		printf("%s:%d: do not source '%s' from itself\n",
+		       zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	if (file->flags & FILE_SCANNED) {
-		printf("file %s already scanned?\n", name);
+		printf("%s:%d: file '%s' is already sourced from '%s'\n",
+		       zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), name,
+		       file->parent->name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	file->flags |= FILE_BUSY;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
index 5164ef7..21ff69c 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/zconf.l
@@ -314,11 +314,14 @@ void zconf_nextfile(const char *name)
 	current_buf = buf;
 
 	if (file->flags & FILE_BUSY) {
-		printf("recursive scan (%s)?\n", name);
+		printf("%s:%d: do not source '%s' from itself\n",
+		       zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	if (file->flags & FILE_SCANNED) {
-		printf("file %s already scanned?\n", name);
+		printf("%s:%d: file '%s' is already sourced from '%s'\n",
+		       zconf_curname(), zconf_lineno(), name,
+		       file->parent->name);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	file->flags |= FILE_BUSY;
-- 
1.6.0.2.GIT

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