linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] kbuild: Warn on selecting symbols with unmet direct dependencies

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Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:12:30 +0100
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: [RFC PATCH] kbuild: Warn on selecting symbols with unmet direct
	dependencies

The "select" statement in Kconfig files allows the enabling of options
even if they have unmet direct dependencies (i.e. "depends on" expands
to "no"). Currently, the "depends on" clauses are used in calculating
the visibility but they do not affect the reverse dependencies in any
way.

The patch introduces additional tracking of the "depends on" statements
and prints a warning on selecting an option if its direct dependencies
are not met.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---

This patch differs slightly from the one I posted a month ago. It only
warns about selecting symbols with unmet dependencies rather than
refusing to enable the feature, making it much safer. It also prints
information about what's selecting the symbol, something like below
(select done for testing only, not a real situation):

warning: (MACH_REALVIEW_EB && ARCH_REALVIEW) selects DEBUG_SLAB which
has unmet direct dependencies (DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB && !KMEMCHECK)


 scripts/kconfig/expr.h   |    2 ++
 scripts/kconfig/menu.c   |    5 +++++
 scripts/kconfig/symbol.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
index 6408fef..c8be420 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/expr.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	tristate visible;
 	int flags;
 	struct property *prop;
+	struct expr_value dir_dep;
 	struct expr_value rev_dep;
 };
 
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ struct menu {
 	struct symbol *sym;
 	struct property *prompt;
 	struct expr *dep;
+	struct expr *dir_dep;
 	unsigned int flags;
 	char *help;
 	struct file *file;
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
index 07ff8d1..16e713f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct expr *menu_check_dep(struct expr *e)
 void menu_add_dep(struct expr *dep)
 {
 	current_entry->dep = expr_alloc_and(current_entry->dep, menu_check_dep(dep));
+	current_entry->dir_dep = current_entry->dep;
 }
 
 void menu_set_type(int type)
@@ -285,6 +286,10 @@ void menu_finalize(struct menu *parent)
 		for (menu = parent->list; menu; menu = menu->next)
 			menu_finalize(menu);
 	} else if (sym) {
+		/* ignore inherited dependencies for dir_dep */
+		sym->dir_dep.expr = expr_transform(expr_copy(parent->dir_dep));
+		sym->dir_dep.expr = expr_eliminate_dups(sym->dir_dep.expr);
+
 		basedep = parent->prompt ? parent->prompt->visible.expr : NULL;
 		basedep = expr_trans_compare(basedep, E_UNEQUAL, &symbol_no);
 		basedep = expr_eliminate_dups(expr_transform(basedep));
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 18f3e5c..a0826dc 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@ static void sym_calc_visibility(struct symbol *sym)
 	}
 	if (sym_is_choice_value(sym))
 		return;
+	/* defaulting to "yes" if no explicit "depends on" are given */
+	tri = yes;
+	if (sym->dir_dep.expr)
+		tri = expr_calc_value(sym->dir_dep.expr);
+	if (tri == mod)
+		tri = yes;
+	if (sym->dir_dep.tri != tri) {
+		sym->dir_dep.tri = tri;
+		sym_set_changed(sym);
+	}
 	tri = no;
 	if (sym->rev_dep.expr)
 		tri = expr_calc_value(sym->rev_dep.expr);
@@ -321,6 +331,14 @@ void sym_calc_value(struct symbol *sym)
 				}
 			}
 		calc_newval:
+			if (sym->dir_dep.tri == no && sym->rev_dep.tri != no) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "warning: (");
+				expr_fprint(sym->rev_dep.expr, stderr);
+				fprintf(stderr, ") selects %s which has unmet direct dependencies (",
+					sym->name);
+				expr_fprint(sym->dir_dep.expr, stderr);
+				fprintf(stderr, ")\n");
+			}
 			newval.tri = EXPR_OR(newval.tri, sym->rev_dep.tri);
 		}
 		if (newval.tri == mod && sym_get_type(sym) == S_BOOLEAN)

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