linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/3] kconfig: Ask user if string needs to be changed when dependency changed

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Message-Id: <20210215181511.2840674-3-mic@digikod.net>
Date:   Mon, 15 Feb 2021 19:15:10 +0100
From:   Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To:     James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        "Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc:     Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
        Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>,
        Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss@....org>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/3] kconfig: Ask user if string needs to be changed when dependency changed

From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>

Content of string configuration may depend on related kernel
configurations.  Modify oldconfig and syncconfig to inform users about
possible required configuration update and give them the opportunity to
update it:
* if dependencies of this string has changed (e.g. enabled or disabled),
* and if the current value of this string is different than the (new)
  default one.

This is particularly relevant for CONFIG_LSM which contains a list of
LSMs enabled at boot, but users will not have a chance to update this
list with a make oldconfig.

Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com>
Signed-off-by: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ux.microsoft.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210215181511.2840674-3-mic@digikod.net
---
 scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
index 18a233d27a8d..8633dacd39a9 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ static void xfgets(char *str, int size, FILE *in)
 		printf("%s", str);
 }
 
+static bool may_need_string_update(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
+{
+	const struct symbol *dep_sym;
+	const struct expr *e;
+
+	if (sym->type != S_STRING)
+		return false;
+	if (strcmp(def, sym_get_string_default(sym)) == 0)
+		return false;
+	/*
+	 * The user may want to synchronize the content of a string related to
+	 * changed dependencies (e.g. CONFIG_LSM).
+	 */
+	expr_list_for_each_sym(sym->dir_dep.expr, e, dep_sym) {
+		if (dep_sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHANGED)
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int conf_askvalue(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
 {
 	enum symbol_type type = sym_get_type(sym);
@@ -102,7 +122,7 @@ static int conf_askvalue(struct symbol *sym, const char *def)
 	switch (input_mode) {
 	case oldconfig:
 	case syncconfig:
-		if (sym_has_value(sym)) {
+		if (sym_has_value(sym) && !may_need_string_update(sym, def)) {
 			printf("%s\n", def);
 			return 0;
 		}
@@ -137,8 +157,19 @@ static int conf_string(struct menu *menu)
 		printf("%*s%s ", indent - 1, "", menu->prompt->text);
 		printf("(%s) ", sym->name);
 		def = sym_get_string_value(sym);
-		if (def)
-			printf("[%s] ", def);
+		if (def) {
+			if (may_need_string_update(sym, def)) {
+				indent += 2;
+				printf("\n%*sDefault value is [%s]\n",
+						indent - 1, "",
+						sym_get_string_default(sym));
+				printf("%*sCurrent value is [%s] ",
+						indent - 1, "", def);
+				indent -= 2;
+			} else {
+				printf("[%s] ", def);
+			}
+		}
 		if (!conf_askvalue(sym, def))
 			return 0;
 		switch (line[0]) {
-- 
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