linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add dependency warning print about invalid values in verbose mode

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQNk2MU=M5Q6GXtm34VyFcNOhVgw3UQ7Mdn4hoqQ_636A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 06:52:51 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Cc:     Ying Sun <sunying@...iscas.ac.cn>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Siyuan Guo <zy21df106@...a.edu.cn>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Jesse T <mr.bossman075@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: add dependency warning print about invalid
 values in verbose mode

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 10:56 AM Sergey Senozhatsky
<senozhatsky@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> On (23/08/19 22:40), Jesse T wrote:
> > > > From: Ying Sun <sunying@...iscas.ac.cn>
> > > >
> > > > Add warning about the configuration option's invalid value in verbose mode,
> > > >  including error causes, mismatch dependency, old and new values,
> > > >  to help users correct them.
>
> Are those really errors?
>
> ERROR : CLANG_VERSION[140006 => 0] value is invalid  due to it has default value
> ERROR : CC_IS_GCC[n => y] value is invalid  due to it has default value
> ERROR : GCC_VERSION[0 => 120200] value is invalid  due to it has default value
>
> I'm using clang, so corresponding options are set accordingly in my .config


I think not errors, but warnings.

His idea is, CONFIG options that change a value
should be warned.



--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada