If the .config parser runs into unexpected data it emits warnings like: .config:6911:warning: unexpected data Add the unexpected data itself to this warning. That makes it easier to discover what is actually going wrong: .config:6911:warning: unexpected data: CONFOG_CHARGER_TPS65217=m Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This v2 uses strcspn, as Michal suggesed. That turns a two patch series into a more elegant oneliner. It apparently pays off to know what string.h has to offer! scripts/kconfig/confdata.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c index 0b7dc2fd7bac..6e22176cd6d6 100644 --- a/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c +++ b/scripts/kconfig/confdata.c @@ -377,7 +377,9 @@ load: continue; } else { if (line[0] != '\r' && line[0] != '\n') - conf_warning("unexpected data"); + conf_warning("unexpected data: %.*s", + (int)strcspn(line, "\r\n"), line); + continue; } setsym: -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html