netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Compile-test UAPI and kernel headers

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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 01:42:00 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Compile-test UAPI and kernel headers

On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 8:36 PM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2019, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> > 1/4: reworked v2.
> >
> > 2/4: fix a flaw I noticed when I was working on this series
> >
> > 3/4: maybe useful for 4/4 and in some other places
> >
> > 4/4: v2. compile as many headers as possible.
> >
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> >  - Add CONFIG_CPU_{BIG,LITTLE}_ENDIAN guard to avoid build error
> >  - Use 'header-test-' instead of 'no-header-test'
> >  - Avoid weird 'find' warning when cleaning
> >   - New patch
> >   - New patch
> >   - Add everything to test coverage, and exclude broken ones
> >   - Rename 'Makefile' to 'Kbuild'
> >   - Add CONFIG_KERNEL_HEADER_TEST option
> >
> > Masahiro Yamada (4):
> >   kbuild: compile-test UAPI headers to ensure they are self-contained
> >   kbuild: do not create wrappers for header-test-y
> >   kbuild: support header-test-pattern-y
> >   kbuild: compile-test kernel headers to ensure they are self-contained
>
> [responding here because I didn't receive the actual patch]
>
> This looks like it's doing what it's supposed to, but I ran into a bunch
> of build fails with CONFIG_OF=n. Sent a fix to one [1], but stopped at
> the next. Looks like you'll have to exclude more. And I'm pretty sure
> we'll uncover more configurations where this will fail.

Thanks for testing.

I did more compile-tests, and excluded more headers in v3.

Thanks.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada