linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] fixdep: exit with error code in error branches of do_config

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jan 2018 10:55:30 +0100
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@...r.at>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        sil2review@...ts.osadl.org, Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fixdep: exit with error code in error branches of
 do_config_file()

> >
> And would that file be acceptable if it were actually empty

There have been cases with empty files in the source tree.
And it is not the job of fixdep to do anything special about them.
fixdep shall do what it is requested to do, and not more than
that.

	Sam