linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add error handling to KCONFIG_ALL

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Message-ID: <20120504222442.GB13701@sepie.suse.cz>
Date:	Sat, 5 May 2012 00:24:42 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Add error handling to KCONFIG_ALL_CONFIG

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 01:51:32AM -0700, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> 
> - Only try to read the file specified if KCONFIG_ALL_CONFIG is set to
>   something other than the empty string or "1".
> 
> - Don't use stat to check the name passed to conf_read_simple so that
>   zconf_fopen can find the file in the current directory or in SRCTREE
>   removing a extremely source of confusing failure, where KCONFIG_ALL_CONFIG
>   was not interpreted with respect to the directory make was called in.
> 
> - If conf_read_simple fails complain clearly and stop processing.
>   Allowing the simple debugging of typos.
> 
> - Clearly document the behavior so it is clear to users which
>   values are treated as flags and which values are treated as
>   filenames.

Thanks, applied to kbuild.git#kconfig.

Michal
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