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Message-ID: <070517f0-6394-ede5-f7c2-f0e4552f5088@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2019 16:31:34 -0500
From: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc: Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Jeremy Cline <jcline@...hat.com>,
Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] kconfig: Add option to get the full help text with
listnewconfig
On 11/3/19 9:20 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 3:17 AM Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> make listnewconfig will list the individual options that need to be set.
>> This is useful but there's no easy way to get the help text associated
>> with the options at the same time. Introduce a new targe
>> 'make extendedlistnewconfig' which lists the full help text of all the
>> new options as well. This makes it easier to automatically generate
>> changes that are easy for humans to review. This command also adds
>> markers between each option for easier parsing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
>> ---
>> Red Hat has been relying on some external libraries that have a tendency
>> to break to get the help text for all new config options. I'd really
>> like an in tree way to get the help text so we can automatically
>> generate patches for people to reveiw new config options. I'm open to
>> other approaches that let us script getting the help text as well.
>
> I am not familiar with the workflow in Red Hat.
> I cannot propose another approach.
>
>
> I am not a big fan of the target name.
> 'extendedlistnewconfig' is so long that it breaks the
> alignment of 'make help'.
> Maybe 'helpnewconfig' is understandable
> although I am open to discussion for a better name.
>
>
Yes, I agree the name is long. helpnewconfig is fine by me.
> BTW, did you check how the newly-added 'choice' was displayed?
> Its help message is displayed, but the choice has no name.
> So, people might be confused what the help message is talking about.
>
>
Thanks for pointing this out. For what we're looking to do I
think we can work around it.
Thanks,
Laura
>
>
>> ---
>> scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 5 ++++-
>> scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> index ef2f2336c469..aaaf1f62300c 100644
>> --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> @@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
>> # syncconfig has become an internal implementation detail and is now
>> # deprecated for external use
>> simple-targets := oldconfig allnoconfig allyesconfig allmodconfig \
>> - alldefconfig randconfig listnewconfig olddefconfig syncconfig
>> + alldefconfig randconfig listnewconfig olddefconfig syncconfig \
>> + extendedlistnewconfig
>> +
>> PHONY += $(simple-targets)
>>
>> $(simple-targets): $(obj)/conf
>> @@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ help:
>> @echo ' alldefconfig - New config with all symbols set to default'
>> @echo ' randconfig - New config with random answer to all options'
>> @echo ' listnewconfig - List new options'
>> + @echo ' extendedlistnewconfig - List new options'
>> @echo ' olddefconfig - Same as oldconfig but sets new symbols to their'
>> @echo ' default value without prompting'
>> @echo ' kvmconfig - Enable additional options for kvm guest kernel support'
>> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
>> index 40e16e871ae2..7aeb77374d9a 100644
>> --- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
>> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
>> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ enum input_mode {
>> defconfig,
>> savedefconfig,
>> listnewconfig,
>> + extendedlistnewconfig,
>> olddefconfig,
>> };
>> static enum input_mode input_mode = oldaskconfig;
>> @@ -434,6 +435,11 @@ static void check_conf(struct menu *menu)
>> printf("%s%s=%s\n", CONFIG_, sym->name, str);
>> }
>> }
>> + } else if (input_mode == extendedlistnewconfig) {
>> + printf("-----\n");
>> + print_help(menu);
>> + printf("-----\n");
>> +
>> } else {
>> if (!conf_cnt++)
>> printf("*\n* Restart config...\n*\n");
>> @@ -459,6 +465,7 @@ static struct option long_opts[] = {
>> {"alldefconfig", no_argument, NULL, alldefconfig},
>> {"randconfig", no_argument, NULL, randconfig},
>> {"listnewconfig", no_argument, NULL, listnewconfig},
>> + {"extendedlistnewconfig", no_argument, NULL, extendedlistnewconfig},
>> {"olddefconfig", no_argument, NULL, olddefconfig},
>> {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
>> };
>> @@ -469,6 +476,7 @@ static void conf_usage(const char *progname)
>> printf("Usage: %s [-s] [option] <kconfig-file>\n", progname);
>> printf("[option] is _one_ of the following:\n");
>> printf(" --listnewconfig List new options\n");
>> + printf(" --extendedlistnewconfig List new options and help text\n");
>> printf(" --oldaskconfig Start a new configuration using a line-oriented program\n");
>> printf(" --oldconfig Update a configuration using a provided .config as base\n");
>> printf(" --syncconfig Similar to oldconfig but generates configuration in\n"
>> @@ -543,6 +551,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
>> case allmodconfig:
>> case alldefconfig:
>> case listnewconfig:
>> + case extendedlistnewconfig:
>> case olddefconfig:
>> break;
>> case '?':
>> @@ -576,6 +585,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
>> case oldaskconfig:
>> case oldconfig:
>> case listnewconfig:
>> + case extendedlistnewconfig:
>> case olddefconfig:
>> conf_read(NULL);
>> break;
>> @@ -657,6 +667,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
>> /* fall through */
>> case oldconfig:
>> case listnewconfig:
>> + case extendedlistnewconfig:
>> case syncconfig:
>> /* Update until a loop caused no more changes */
>> do {
>> @@ -675,7 +686,7 @@ int main(int ac, char **av)
>> defconfig_file);
>> return 1;
>> }
>> - } else if (input_mode != listnewconfig) {
>> + } else if (input_mode != listnewconfig && input_mode != extendedlistnewconfig) {
>> if (!no_conf_write && conf_write(NULL)) {
>> fprintf(stderr, "\n*** Error during writing of the configuration.\n\n");
>> exit(1);
>> --
>> 2.21.0
>>
>
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