linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add a build target for checking current config for issues

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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 14:15:44 +0900
From: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: Add a build target for checking current config
 for issues

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 7:51 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:15 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 1:11 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 4:09 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The new target is called 'checkconfig' and currently is basically an
> > > > alias for `listnewconfig` with KCONFIG_WARN_UNKNOWN_SYMBOLS set to true.
> > > > It can be used to validate if the current config is directly compatible
> > > > with the current kernel version or needs some manual adjustment.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > I rejected a new target in the past.
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230817012007.131868-1-senozhatsky@chromium.org/T/#m55c37e3091158f8cb008d9e0b5c6bf3f5ead225a
> > >
> >
> > That was specifically for the unrecognized symbols warning. What I'm
> > proposing is a universal target that would include any possible
> > diagnostics.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Instead, you can run
> > >
> > >   KCONFIG_WARN_UNKNOWN_SYMBOLS=1 make listnewconfig
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > >   make W=c listnewconfig
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I can do so, because my team member implemented it and told me and
> > other team members about it. But how would someone who hasn't heard
> > about it be aware of the existence of this useful feature?
>
>
> People are not aware of your 'checkconfig' until
> they run 'make help'.
>
> The same for W=c.
>
> 'make help' explains it.
>
>
>        c: extra checks in the configuration stage (Kconfig)

Okay, that wasn't something present in Linux 6.7-rc7 that I used as my
base. I checked out the current linux-next and it's indeed there,
which I guess resolves the original problem somewhat. I still don't
think it would be very clear from the description for a new user,
especially given that it's far below the config-related targets, but
at least it's there. Thanks for adding it.

Best regards,
Tomasz