linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: hide error checker logs for V=1 builds

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Date:   Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:24:25 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: hide error checker logs for V=1 builds

V=1 (verbose build) shows commands executed by Make, but it may cause
misunderstanding.

For example, the following command shows the outstanding error message.

  $ make V=1 INSTALL_PATH=/tmp install
  test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e include/config/auto.conf || (                \
  echo >&2;                                                       \
  echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";           \
  echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or include/config/auto.conf are missing.";\
  echo >&2 "         Run 'make oldconfig && make prepare' on kernel src to fix it.";      \
  echo >&2 ;                                                      \
  /bin/false)
    unset sub_make_done; ./scripts/install.sh

It is not an error. Make just showed the recipe lines it has executed,
but people may think that 'make install' has failed.

Likewise, the combination of V=1 and O= shows confusing
"*** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'".

Suppress such misleading logs.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

 Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5e9d9388649..833052fcf48a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ quiet_cmd_makefile = GEN     Makefile
 	} > Makefile
 
 outputmakefile:
-	$(Q)if [ -f $(srctree)/.config -o \
+	@if [ -f $(srctree)/.config -o \
 		 -d $(srctree)/include/config -o \
 		 -d $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated ]; then \
 		echo >&2 "***"; \
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ else # !may-sync-config
 PHONY += include/config/auto.conf
 
 include/config/auto.conf:
-	$(Q)test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e $@ || (		\
+	@test -e include/generated/autoconf.h -a -e $@ || (		\
 	echo >&2;							\
 	echo >&2 "  ERROR: Kernel configuration is invalid.";		\
 	echo >&2 "         include/generated/autoconf.h or $@ are missing.";\
-- 
2.34.1