linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kunit: tool: revamp message for invalid kunitconfig

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Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 17:53:06 -0500
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>
Cc:     davidgow@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kunit: tool: revamp message for invalid kunitconfig

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 1:34 PM Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> The current error message is precise, but not very clear if you don't
> already know what it's talking about, e.g.
>
> > $ make ARCH=um olddefconfig O=.kunit
> > ERROR:root:Provided Kconfig is not contained in validated .config. Following fields found in kunitconfig, but not in .config: CONFIG_DRM=y
>
> Try to reword the error message so that it's
> * your missing options usually have unsatisified dependencies
> * if you're on UML, that might be the cause (it is, in this example)
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>