linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] gen-insn-attr-x86.awk: Fix regexp warnings

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Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:49:04 -0700
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] gen-insn-attr-x86.awk: Fix regexp warnings

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:31:39 +0200
Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:

> + Masami.
> 
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 06:03:28PM +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > This patch fixes the regexp warnings shown below:
> 
> Avoid having "This patch" or "This commit" in the commit message. It is
> tautologically useless.
> 
> Also, do
> 
> $ git grep 'This patch' Documentation/process
> 
> for more details.
> 
> > GEN      /home/sasha/torvalds/tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c
> > awk: ../arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk:260: warning: regexp escape sequence `\:' is not a known regexp operator
> > awk: ../arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk:350: (FILENAME=../arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt FNR=41) warning: regexp escape sequence `\&' is not a known regexp operator
> > 
> > The ':' and '&' characters need not escaping when used in string constants
> > as part of regular expressions.
> 
> I could use a reasoning here, as in, "gawk manual doesn't have those two
> characters in the list here:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Escape-Sequences.html"

Thank you for pointing it out. It is good to refer this page as the
reason of this patch.

I couldn't remember why I added those escapes on those... (maybe for
compatibility with mawk? anyway, nowadays there seems no problem)

> 
> or so.
> 
> > 
> > [Test-run]
> > awk -f arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk \
> > 	arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt >../tmp/inat-tables.c
> > 
> > diff arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c ~/tmp/inat-tables.c; echo $?
> > 0
> > 
> > awk -f tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk \
> > 	tools/arch/x86/lib/x86-opcode-map.txt >../tmp/inat-tables.c
> > 
> > diff tools/objtool/arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c ~/tmp/inat-tables.c; echo $?
> > 0
> 
> No need for that - just say that diffing the output before and after
> shows no changes.
> 
> > [Debugging output]
> > DBG:ext:(66&F2)
> > DBG:match(ext, ...):(66&F2)
> > DBG:match(..., lprefix3_expr):\((F2|!F3|66&F2)\)
> 
> That is supposed to say what exactly? That it still does what it is
> expected to do?
> 
> Leaving in the rest for Masami.

This looks good to me, except for the description pointed above.
So feel free to add my ack on your patch on next version.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

Thank you,
> 
> Thx.
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>
> > Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk       | 4 ++--
> >  tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk | 4 ++--
> >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk b/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > index b02a36b2c14f..a42015b305f4 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > +++ b/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ BEGIN {
> > 
> >  	lprefix1_expr = "\\((66|!F3)\\)"
> >  	lprefix2_expr = "\\(F3\\)"
> > -	lprefix3_expr = "\\((F2|!F3|66\\&F2)\\)"
> > +	lprefix3_expr = "\\((F2|!F3|66&F2)\\)"
> >  	lprefix_expr = "\\((66|F2|F3)\\)"
> >  	max_lprefix = 4
> > 
> > @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function convert_operands(count,opnd,       i,j,imm,mod)
> >  	return add_flags(imm, mod)
> >  }
> > 
> > -/^[0-9a-f]+\:/ {
> > +/^[0-9a-f]+:/ {
> >  	if (NR == 1)
> >  		next
> >  	# get index
> > diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk b/tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > index b02a36b2c14f..a42015b305f4 100644
> > --- a/tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > +++ b/tools/arch/x86/tools/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
> > @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ BEGIN {
> > 
> >  	lprefix1_expr = "\\((66|!F3)\\)"
> >  	lprefix2_expr = "\\(F3\\)"
> > -	lprefix3_expr = "\\((F2|!F3|66\\&F2)\\)"
> > +	lprefix3_expr = "\\((F2|!F3|66&F2)\\)"
> >  	lprefix_expr = "\\((66|F2|F3)\\)"
> >  	max_lprefix = 4
> > 
> > @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function convert_operands(count,opnd,       i,j,imm,mod)
> >  	return add_flags(imm, mod)
> >  }
> > 
> > -/^[0-9a-f]+\:/ {
> > +/^[0-9a-f]+:/ {
> >  	if (NR == 1)
> >  		next
> >  	# get index
> > --
> > 2.23.0
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>