linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] runchecks: Generalize make C={1,2} to support multiple checkers

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Date:   Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:41:39 +0100
From:   Knut Omang <knut.omang@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@...cle.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>,
        John Haxby <john.haxby@...cle.com>,
        Åsmund Østvold <asmund.ostvold@...cle.com>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Levin, Alexander (Sasha Levin)" <alexander.levin@...izon.com>,
        cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/1] runchecks: Generalize make C={1,2} to support
 multiple checkers

On Fri, 2018-01-19 at 11:14 +0100, Knut Omang wrote:
> Add scripts/runchecks which has generic support for running
> checker tools in a convenient and user friendly way that
> the author hopes can contribute to rein in issues detected
> by these tools in a manageable and convenient way.
> 
> scripts/runchecks provides the following basic functionality:
> 
> * Makes it possible to selectively suppress output from individual
>   checks on a per file or per subsystem basis.
> * Unifies output and suppression input from different tools
>   by providing a single unified syntax and presentation for the
>   underlying tools in the style of "scripts/checkpatch.pl --show-types".
> * Allows selective run of one, or more (or all) configured tools
>   for each file.
> 
> In the Makefile system, the sparse specific setup has been replaced
> by setup for runchecks.

Hi all,

- Anything more I can/need to do to bring this forward?
- Any quiet concerns?

I realize it is a subsystem crossing change, and a lot going on elsewhere, 
nevertheless I believe this is a time saver in the slightly longer run,
as it allows automation of checking, even without a "perfect"
code base to begin with.

Thanks,
Knut