linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] nsdeps: make generated patches independent of locale

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Date:   Tue, 1 Oct 2019 12:46:52 +0100
From:   Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] nsdeps: make generated patches independent of locale

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 10:30:27AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 10:18 AM Masahiro Yamada
><yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 3:14 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
>> <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 12:42:28AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 10:27 PM Matthias Maennich <maennich@...gle.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 06:36:03PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>> > > > >scripts/nsdeps automatically generates a patch to add MODULE_IMPORT_NS
>> > > > >tags, and what is nicer, it sorts the lines alphabetically with the
>> > > > >"sort" command. However, the output from the "sort" command depends
>> > > > >on locale.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Especially when namespaces contain underscores, the result is
>> > > > >different depending on the locale.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >For example, I got this:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >$ { echo usbcommon; echo usb_common; } | LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sort
>> > > > >usbcommon
>> > > > >usb_common
>> > > > >$ { echo usbcommon; echo usb_common; } | LANG=C sort
>> > > > >usb_common
>> > > > >usbcommon
>> > > > >
>> > > > >So, this means people might potentially send different patches.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >This kind of issue was reported in the past, for example,
>> > > > >commit f55f2328bb28 ("kbuild: make sorting initramfs contents
>> > > > >independent of locale").
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Adding "LANG=C" is a conventional way of fixing when a deterministic
>> > > > >result is desirable.
>> > > > >
>> > > > >Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
>> > > > >---
>> > > > >
>> > > > > scripts/nsdeps | 2 +-
>> > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > > > >
>> > > > >diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps
>> > > > >index 964b7fb8c546..3754dac13b31 100644
>> > > > >--- a/scripts/nsdeps
>> > > > >+++ b/scripts/nsdeps
>> > > > >@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ generate_deps() {
>> > > > >               for source_file in $mod_source_files; do
>> > > > >                       sed '/MODULE_IMPORT_NS/Q' $source_file > ${source_file}.tmp
>> > > > >                       offset=$(wc -l ${source_file}.tmp | awk '{print $1;}')
>> > > > >-                      cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
>> > > > >+                      cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | LANG=C sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
>> > > >
>> > > > I would prefer to have this set throughout the whole runtime of the
>> > > > script. Otherwise we likely see a followup patch. So, either as an
>> > > > export at the beginning of this file or as part of the command that
>> > > > calls this script.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I prefer to keep it close to the locale-dependent code.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > If I move it to somewhere else, I need to add a comment like
>> > >
>> > > # make "sort" command deterministic
>> > > export LANG=C
>> > >
>> > > Otherwise, people would have no idea why it is needed.
>> >
>> > A comment is fine, it documents why it is here and it keeps anyone from
>> > having to remember to add it to anything else that changes in here.
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> >
>> > greg k-h
>>
>>
>> Huh, people who live in a country with English as mother tongue
>> cannot understand the i18n because English is the
>> only language in the world?
>
>I take back this comment.
>I actually do not know where you live, or what native language you speak.
>It was used to exaggerate things, but It is not important to
>the point of discussions. Sorry.

Thanks for pointing this out and reminding us! I am not a native English
speaker, but often are surrounded by English, especially when
programming. Error messages in my native language feel often rather
funny than helpful, but I guess this not the case for most translations.
Based on that I am ok with your original version of the patch.

Cheers,
Matthias