linux-kernel - Re: tools build: Unused function, incomplete rename

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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:35:05 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tools build: Unused function, incomplete rename

On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 04:23:34PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Hi Jiri, Ingo,
> 
> 	While trying to figure out why the bpf feature test is always
> triggering the display of the "Auto-detecting system features" I noticed
> this pattern:
> 
> [acme@...icio linux]$ egrep '^define|eval'  tools/build/Makefile.feature 
> feature_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
> define feature_check_code
> feature_set = $(eval $(feature_set_code))
> define feature_set_code
> set_test_all_flags = $(eval $(set_test_all_flags_code))
> define set_test_all_flags_code
> feature_print_status = $(eval $(feature_print_status_code)) $(info $(MSG))
> define feature_print_status_code
> feature_print_text = $(eval $(feature_print_text_code)) $(info $(MSG))
> define feature_print_text_code
> feature_display_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
> define feature_display_check_code
> [acme@...icio linux]$
> 
> 
> In all but one case the eval matches the following define, except for the last
> one, don't we need the following patch?
> 
> $ git diff tools/build/Makefile.feature
> diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.feature b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> index 0caeaf2cae5f..072ec879b84f 100644
> --- a/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> +++ b/tools/build/Makefile.feature
> @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ifneq ("$(FEATURE_DUMP)","$(FEATURE_DUMP_FILE)")
>    feature_display := 1
>  endif
>  
> -feature_display_check = $(eval $(feature_check_code))
> +feature_display_check = $(eval $(feature_check_display_code))
>  define feature_display_check_code
>    ifneq ($(feature-$(1)), 1)
>      feature_display := 1

ouch, that is a bug.. nice catch!

thanks,
jirka
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