linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/gen_header: allow skipping the validation

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Message-ID: <20240503164812.GA4153965@thelio-3990X>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 09:48:12 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>,
	Abhinav Kumar <quic_abhinavk@...cinc.com>,
	Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
	Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
	David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/msm/gen_header: allow skipping the validation

Hi Dmitry,

On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 05:22:54PM +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> We don't need to run the validation of the XML files if we are just
> compiling the kernel. Skip the validation unless the user enables
> corresponding Kconfig option. This removes a warning from gen_header.py
> about lxml being not installed.
> 
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240409120108.2303d0bd@canb.auug.org.au/
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig                 |  8 ++++++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Makefile                |  9 ++++++++-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/registers/gen_header.py | 14 +++++++++++---
>  3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> index f202f26adab2..4c9bf237d4a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig
> @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ config DRM_MSM_GPU_SUDO
>  	  Only use this if you are a driver developer.  This should *not*
>  	  be enabled for production kernels.  If unsure, say N.
>  
> +config DRM_MSM_VALIDATE_XML
> +	bool "Validate XML register files against schema"
> +	depends on DRM_MSM && EXPERT
> +	depends on $(success,$(PYTHON3) -c "import lxml")
> +	help
> +	  Validate XML files with register definitions against rules-fd schema.
> +	  This option is mostly targeting DRM MSM developers. If unsure, say N.

Is this change going to be applied? I have gotten a little tired of
seeing "lxml not found, skipping validation" in all of my builds :)

Cheers,
Nathan