linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: Terminate menu blocks with a newline in the generated config

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:09:26 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] kconfig: Terminate menu blocks with a newline in the
 generated config

On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 4:12 AM Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com> wrote:
>
> Currently menu blocks start with a pretty header but end with nothing in
> the generated config. So next config options stick together with the
> options from the menu block.
>
> Let's terminate menu blocks with a newline in the generated config.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>


The .config file is a flat list of CONFIG options.
It does not represent menu structures at all.

I tested "make allyesconfig"
and the resulted outcome looks cheesy.



[1] Two blank lines in a row


---------->8-----------------
CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON=y
CONFIG_IMX_SCU=y
CONFIG_IMX_SCU_PD=y

#
# Tegra firmware driver
#


CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQFD=y
--------->8------------------------


[2] Some blank lines appended at the end of file

----------->8-------------
CONFIG_CPA_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_ENTRY=y
CONFIG_DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST=y
CONFIG_X86_DEBUG_FPU=y
CONFIG_PUNIT_ATOM_DEBUG=y
CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y
# CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER is not set


---------->8-----------------



The readability of the .config could be improved somehow,
but this patch is not the right one.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada