linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/27] perf tools: Add automated make test suite

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 1 Apr 2013 23:09:47 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/27] perf tools: Add automated make test suite

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 09:53:18PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:

SNIP

> > +
> > +MAKE_DEBUG          := DEBUG=1
> > +MAKE_NO_LIBPERL     := NO_LIBPERL=1
> 
> Why all these ugly UPPERCASE names?
> In kbuild files the unwritten rule is that variables
> with global scope are upper-case.
> And variables with local scope are lower case.
> 
> You can find many examples where this is not followed - but this
> is the general approach.

ok, for some reason I'm used to use capitals for makefile
variables ;)


> 
> > +MAKE_MINIMAL        := NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_NEWT=1 NO_GTK2=1 NO_DEMANGLE=1 NO_LIBELF=1 NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_BACKTRACE=1 NO_LIBNUMA=1 NO_LIBAUDIT=1 NO_LIBBIONIC=1
> 
> Keeping lines less than 120 chars long is good.
> Some people swer to 80 chars.

ok

> 
> > +RUN := \
> > +	MAKE_PURE \
> > +	MAKE_DEBUG \
> > +	MAKE_NO_LIBPERL \
> 
> RUN += MAKE_PURE
> RUN += MAKE_DEBUG
> RUN += MAKE_NO_LIBPERL
> 
> Is so much more readable.
> As a general rule - use \
> to continue lines only when you really have to.

ok

thanks,
jirka
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/