linux-kernel - [PATCH] make help: add tools help target

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:39:10 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] make help: add tools help target

From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Add a top-level Makefile help target for Userspace tools.

Also make each help "heading" end with a colon ':'.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 Makefile |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

One of my pain points.

--- lnx-411-rc7.orig/Makefile
+++ lnx-411-rc7/Makefile
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  headers_install - Install sanitised kernel headers to INSTALL_HDR_PATH'; \
 	 echo  '                    (default: $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH))'; \
 	 echo  ''
-	@echo  'Static analysers'
+	@echo  'Static analysers:'
 	@echo  '  checkstack      - Generate a list of stack hogs'
 	@echo  '  namespacecheck  - Name space analysis on compiled kernel'
 	@echo  '  versioncheck    - Sanity check on version.h usage'
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  headerdep       - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'
 	@$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.help checker-help
 	@echo  ''
-	@echo  'Kernel selftest'
+	@echo  'Kernel selftest:'
 	@echo  '  kselftest       - Build and run kernel selftest (run as root)'
 	@echo  '                    Build, install, and boot kernel before'
 	@echo  '                    running kselftest on it'
@@ -1392,6 +1392,10 @@ help:
 	@echo  '  kselftest-merge - Merge all the config dependencies of kselftest to existed'
 	@echo  '                    .config.'
 	@echo  ''
+	@echo 'Userspace tools targets:'
+	@echo '  use "make tools/help"'
+	@echo '  or  "cd tools; make help"'
+	@echo  ''
 	@echo  'Kernel packaging:'
 	@$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) help
 	@echo  ''