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Date:   Thu, 8 Feb 2018 07:21:49 +0100
From:   Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: remove check_stdin()

On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> Except silentoldconfig, valid_stdin is 1, so check_stdin() is no-op.
>
> oldconfig and silentoldconfig work almost in the same way except that
> the latter generates additional files.  Both ask users for input for
> new symbols.
>
> I do not know why only silentoldconfig requires stdio be tty.
>
>   $ rm -f .config; touch .config
>   $ yes "" | make oldconfig > stdout
>   $ rm -f .config; touch .config
>   $ yes "" | make silentoldconfig > stdout
>   make[1]: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 1
>   make: *** [silentoldconfig] Error 2
>   $ tail -n 4 stdout
>   Console input/output is redirected. Run 'make oldconfig' to update configuration.
>
>   scripts/kconfig/Makefile:40: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
>   Makefile:507: recipe for target 'silentoldconfig' failed
>
> Redirection is useful, for example, for testing where we want to give
> particular key inputs from a test file, then check the result.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
>
>  scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 14 --------------
>  1 file changed, 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> index 307bc3f..358e2e4 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static enum input_mode input_mode = oldaskconfig;
>
>  static int indent = 1;
>  static int tty_stdio;
> -static int valid_stdin = 1;
>  static int sync_kconfig;
>  static int conf_cnt;
>  static char line[PATH_MAX];
> @@ -72,16 +71,6 @@ static void strip(char *str)
>                 *p-- = 0;
>  }
>
> -static void check_stdin(void)
> -{
> -       if (!valid_stdin) {
> -               printf(_("aborted!\n\n"));
> -               printf(_("Console input/output is redirected. "));
> -               printf(_("Run 'make oldconfig' to update configuration.\n\n"));
> -               exit(1);
> -       }
> -}
> -
>  /* Helper function to facilitate fgets() by Jean Sacren. */
>  static void xfgets(char *str, int size, FILE *in)
>  {
> @@ -113,7 +102,6 @@ static int conf_askvalue(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
>                         printf("%s\n", def);
>                         return 0;
>                 }
> -               check_stdin();
>                 /* fall through */
>         case oldaskconfig:
>                 fflush(stdout);
> @@ -315,7 +303,6 @@ static int conf_choice(struct menu *menu)
>                                 printf("%d\n", cnt);
>                                 break;
>                         }
> -                       check_stdin();
>                         /* fall through */
>                 case oldaskconfig:
>                         fflush(stdout);
> @@ -650,7 +637,6 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
>                                 return 1;
>                         }
>                 }
> -               valid_stdin = tty_stdio;
>         }
>
>         switch (input_mode) {
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>

Lots of weird stuff indeed...

Cheers,
Ulf