linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: Show menuconfigs as menus in the .config file

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARd8S9V07Z1kE5GtjoV=s2W8Of9=nX-tsAGe9BaxAf2FA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 20 Feb 2022 11:23:56 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: Show menuconfigs as menus in the .config file

On Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 3:39 AM Ariel Marcovitch
<arielmarcovitch@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> On 18/01/2022 20:20, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 7:01 PM Ariel Marcovitch
> > <arielmarcovitch@...il.com> wrote:
> >> Until now, menuconfigs were considered configs because they had non-zero
> >> sym attribute. This meant that instead of having the nice menu comment
> >> block in the .config output file, they were merely shown as single
> >> configs.
> >>
> >> For example:
> >> ```Kconfig
> >> menu "Foo"
> >> endmenu
> >>
> >> menuconfig BAR
> >>          bool "Bar"
> >>
> >> config OTHER
> >>          bool "Other"
> >>          depends on BAR
> >> ```
> >>
> >> Will be shown as:
> >> ```.config
> >>   #
> >>   # Foo
> >>   #
> >>   # end of Foo
> >
> > I am OK with this patch.
> >
> > Just a nit.
> >
> > As far as I tested your sample code (without applying this patch),
> > I did not see the line "# end of Foo".
> >
> > The line "# end of ..." is printed when the last child gets back to
> > its parent, but the "Foo" menu has no child menu here.
> >
> > This is out of scope of this patch, but can you update the
> > commit log so it matches the current behavior?
>
> I saw you added a patch to change that, so now the code sample here is
> less of a lie :)
>
> I learned my message of never adding code samples to commit messages
> without testing these as well :)
>
> So is it ready now to be applied on top of your change?


Yes, v2 please.










> > (or add one config into the "Foo" menu)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>   CONFIG_BAR=y
> >>   CONFIG_OTHER=y
> >> ```
> >>
> >> Instead of using the sym attribute to decide whether or not to print the
> >> menu block comment, check menu->prompt->type explicitly (after checking
> >> that menu_is_visible(menu) which means menu->prompt is not none). The
> >> only prompt types we actually show as menus are P_MENU and P_COMMENT. At
> >> the end of the menu we need to show the end of block only for P_MENU
> >> (although P_COMMENT prompts will not get to this flow because they don't
> >> have children).
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ariel Marcovitch <arielmarcovitch@...il.com>
> >> ---
> >>   scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
> >>   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> >> index 42bc56ee238c..9f2c22f46ee0 100644
> >> --- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> >> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c
> >> @@ -874,16 +874,21 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
> >>          menu = rootmenu.list;
> >>          while (menu) {
> >>                  sym = menu->sym;
> >> -               if (!sym) {
> >> -                       if (!menu_is_visible(menu))
> >> -                               goto next;
> >> -                       str = menu_get_prompt(menu);
> >> -                       fprintf(out, "\n"
> >> -                                    "#\n"
> >> -                                    "# %s\n"
> >> -                                    "#\n", str);
> >> -                       need_newline = false;
> >> -               } else if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHOICE) &&
> >> +
> >> +               if (menu_is_visible(menu)) {
> >> +                       enum prop_type type = menu->prompt->type;
> >> +
> >> +                       if (type == P_MENU || type == P_COMMENT) {
> >> +                               str = menu_get_prompt(menu);
> >> +                               fprintf(out, "\n"
> >> +                                       "#\n"
> >> +                                       "# %s\n"
> >> +                                       "#\n", str);
> >> +                               need_newline = false;
> >> +                       }
> >> +               }
> >> +
> >> +               if (sym && !(sym->flags & SYMBOL_CHOICE) &&
> >>                             !(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITTEN)) {
> >>                          sym_calc_value(sym);
> >>                          if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE))
> >> @@ -904,7 +909,8 @@ int conf_write(const char *name)
> >>                  if (menu->next)
> >>                          menu = menu->next;
> >>                  else while ((menu = menu->parent)) {
> >> -                       if (!menu->sym && menu_is_visible(menu) &&
> >> +                       if (menu_is_visible(menu) &&
> >> +                           menu->prompt->type == P_MENU &&
> >>                              menu != &rootmenu) {
> >>                                  str = menu_get_prompt(menu);
> >>                                  fprintf(out, "# end of %s\n", str);
> >> --
> >> 2.25.1
> >>



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada