linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 01/79] kconfig: merge_config: use an empty file as initfile

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Message-Id: <20250505232151.2698893-1-sashal@kernel.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2025 19:20:33 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 01/79] kconfig: merge_config: use an empty file as initfile

From: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>

[ Upstream commit a26fe287eed112b4e21e854f173c8918a6a8596d ]

The scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh script requires an existing
$INITFILE (or the $1 argument) as a base file for merging Kconfig
fragments. However, an empty $INITFILE can serve as an initial starting
point, later referenced by the KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG Makefile variable
if -m is not used. This variable can point to any configuration file
containing preset config symbols (the merged output) as stated in
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst. When -m is used $INITFILE will
contain just the merge output requiring the user to run make (i.e.
KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG=<$INITFILE> make <allnoconfig/alldefconfig> or make
olddefconfig).

Instead of failing when `$INITFILE` is missing, create an empty file and
use it as the starting point for merges.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
index d7d5c58b8b6aa..557f37f481fdf 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ INITFILE=$1
 shift;

 if [ ! -r "$INITFILE" ]; then
-	echo "The base file '$INITFILE' does not exist.  Exit." >&2
-	exit 1
+	echo "The base file '$INITFILE' does not exist. Creating one..." >&2
+	touch "$INITFILE"
 fi

 MERGE_LIST=$*
-- 
2.39.5