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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARYnQyyQ-5MrH-7_c2HUM63UGuSJQNM5PAoaTaq-r1iug@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jun 2022 14:47:08 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add findconf script and helper program

On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 12:49 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 6/8/22 20:46, Zev Weiss wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 07:48:44PM PDT, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> Hi--
> >>
> >> On 6/8/22 02:54, Zev Weiss wrote:
> >>> scripts/findconf provides menuconfig's search functionality as a
> >>> standalone, non-interactive command, somewhat in the spirit of
> >>> scripts/config.  It is meant to be useful for tasks like getting a
> >>> quick overview of symbol dependencies or determining which Kconfig
> >>> file to edit for a given symbol, without having to fire up one of the
> >>> interactive config programs.
> >>>
> >>> It accepts a single command-line flag, '-v', which causes it to also
> >>> print the help text of each matching result.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Zev Weiss <zev@...ilderbeest.net>
> >>> ---
> >>
> >> I can see how this could be useful.
> >> It's a little easier to use than what I currently do:
> >>
> >> $ findconfig  DRM_HISI_HIBMC
> >> ./drivers/gpu/drm/hisilicon/hibmc/Kconfig:2:config DRM_HISI_HIBMC
> >
> > I'm guessing 'findconfig' here is some personal shell
> > alias/function/script?  (I can't see any references to it in the kernel
> > source tree.)
> >
>
> Yes, it's just local.
>
> >>
> >> then $EDITOR that_Kconfig_file
> >>
> >>
> >> In testing, I am seeing this:
> >>
> >> #
> >> # using defaults found in /boot/config-5.3.18-150300.59.63-default
> >> #
> >> .config:421:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for I8K
> >> .config:2335:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for
> >> MTD_NAND_ECC_SW_HAMMING
> >> .config:2484:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for PVPANIC
> >> .config:8671:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for INTERCONNECT
> >> .config:9369:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for
> >> CRYPTO_ARCH_HAVE_LIB_BLAKE2S
> >> .config:9370:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for
> >> CRYPTO_LIB_BLAKE2S_GENERIC
> >> .config:9653:warning: symbol value '1' invalid for KASAN_STACK
> >>
> >
> > This I assume is just due to the contents of your .config file relative
> > to the current Kconfig definitions and not a problem with anything in
> > this patch?
>
> There is no .config file in the linux/ source tree at the top level.
> I use O=build_dir for all builds.
>
> >
> >> How do I specify/choose a .config file to be used?
> >>
> >> Oh, use KCONFIG_CONFIG=filename
> >>
> >
> > Ah, I guess that'd be a nice thing to add a flag for to the wrapper
> > script -- I'll include that in v2.
> >
> >>
> >> Please update (add) usage/help text in scripts/kconfig/Makefile.
> >>
> >
> > Ack, will do.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the review!
> >
> >
> > Zev
> >








Another idea might be to add the following to
scripts/kconfig/Makefile:



@@ -77,7 +76,13 @@ PHONY += $(simple-targets)
 $(simple-targets): $(obj)/conf
        $(Q)$< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)

-PHONY += savedefconfig defconfig
+PHONY += findconfig savedefconfig defconfig
+
+findconfig: $(obj)/conf
+       $(Q)$< $(silent) --$@=$(KCONFIG_FIND) $(Kconfig)
+
+%_findconfig: $(obj)/conf
+       $(Q)$< $(silent) --findconfig=$* $(Kconfig)

 savedefconfig: $(obj)/conf
        $(Q)$< $(silent) --$@...fconfig $(Kconfig)





Instead of adding a separate program for this,
you can modify scripts/kconfig/conf.c

 - add 'findconfig' to enum input_mode
 - add 'findconfig' to long_opts[]
 - add 'case findconfig' to main() function



Then, you can do

$ make findconfig KCONFIG_FIND=DRM_HISI_HIBMC

   or

$ make DRM_HISI_HIBMC_findconfig

  as a shorthand.


scripts/findconf is unneeded
but you can put your own script in ~/bin
if you want to save your typing even more.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada