linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/kbuild: Document COMPILE

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Message-Id: <20201208152857.2162093-2-geert+renesas@glider.be>
Date:   Tue,  8 Dec 2020 16:28:56 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation/kbuild: Document COMPILE_TEST dependencies

Document best practises for using COMPILE_TEST dependencies.

Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
index 1cf1aebdd6cdf8fa..2b746332d8aa6bce 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
@@ -553,6 +553,17 @@ with "depends on m".  E.g.::
 
 limits FOO to module (=m) or disabled (=n).
 
+Compile-testing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+If a config symbol has a dependency, but the code controlled by the config
+symbol can still be compiled if the dependency is not met, it is encouraged to
+increase build coverage by adding an "|| COMPILE_TEST" clause to the
+dependency.  This is especially useful for drivers for more exotic hardware, as
+it allows continuous-integration systems to compile-test the code on a more
+common system, and detect bugs that way.
+Note that compile-tested code should avoid crashing when run on a system where
+the dependency is not met.
+
 Kconfig recursive dependency limitations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
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