linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix check-headers.sh AND list path of execution

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Message-ID: <20180813111631.GA718@krava>
Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:16:31 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>
Cc:     jolsa@...nel.org, acme@...nel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        namhyung@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Fix check-headers.sh AND list path of
 execution

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 11:39:15AM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> The '||' path of execution in the 'test' block of the check_2() function
> may also be taken if file2 does not exist, in which case the warning
> message about the ABI headers being different would still be printed
> where it should not be.  See below.
> 
> % file1=file1; file2=file2
> % cmd="echo diff $file1 $file2"
> % test -f $file2 &&
> eval $cmd || echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/$file1'
> differs from latest version at '$file2'" >&2
> Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/file1' differs from latest
> version at 'file2'
> 
> The proposed patch converts the code following the '&&' operator into a
> compound list to be executed in the current process environment only if
> file2 does exist. Should the files being compared differ, a diff command
> to compare the files concerned is printed on standard output. E.g.
> 
> diff -u tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>

I posted follow up patches based on this one
as a reply on this patch

for this one:

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

thanks,
jirka

> ---
>  tools/perf/check-headers.sh | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> index de28466c0186..ea48aa6f8d19 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> +++ b/tools/perf/check-headers.sh
> @@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ check_2 () {
>  
>    cmd="diff $* $file1 $file2 > /dev/null"
>  
> -  test -f $file2 &&
> -  eval $cmd || echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/$file' differs from latest version at '$file'" >&2
> +  test -f $file2 && {
> +    eval $cmd || {
> +      echo "Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/$file' differs from latest version at '$file'" >&2
> +      echo diff -u tools/$file $file
> +    }
> +  }
>  }
>  
>  check () {
> -- 
> 2.18.0
>