On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:29 AM 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built
Linux <clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:02 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I think the help message of the -d option is somewhat misleading.
> >
> > Path to the kernel source directory to search (defaults to the working directory)
> >
> > The part "kernel source directory" is the source of the confusion.
> > Some people misunderstand as if this script did not support separate
> > output directories.
> >
> > Actually, this script also works for out-of-tree builds. You can
> > use the -d option to point to the object output directory, not to
> > the source directory. It should match to the O= option used in the
> > previous kernel build, and then appears in the "directory" field of
> > compile_commands.json.
> >
> > Reword the help message.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - New patch
> >
> > scripts/gen_compile_commands.py | 4 ++--
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
> > index 1b9899892d99..5f6318da01a2 100755
> > --- a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
> > +++ b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
> > @@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ def parse_arguments():
> >
> > Returns:
> > log_level: A logging level to filter log output.
> > - directory: The directory to search for .cmd files.
> > + directory: The work directory where the objects were built
>
> Punctuation (add a period `.`).
Will fix.
> > output: Where to write the compile-commands JSON file.
> > """
> > usage = 'Creates a compile_commands.json database from kernel .cmd files'
> > parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=usage)
> >
> > - directory_help = ('Path to the kernel source directory to search '
> > + directory_help = ('specify the output directory used for the kernel build '
>
> Capitalization (specify -> Specify)
The help message of -h starts with a lower case.
The others start with a capital letter.
It would be better if "show this help message and exit"
started with a capital letter. But, it comes from the
library, so I do not know how to change it.
I changed our code to make it consistent, but
starting them with a capital letter is a preferred style,
I can do as you suggest.
Currently, the help looks like follows:
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masahiro@oscar:~/ref/linux$ ./scripts/gen_compile_commands.py -h
usage: gen_compile_commands.py [-h] [-d DIRECTORY] [-o OUTPUT]
[--log_level LOG_LEVEL]
Creates a compile_commands.json database from kernel .cmd files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
Path to the kernel source directory to search
(defaults to the working directory)
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
The location to write compile_commands.json
(defaults to compile_commands.json in the search
directory)
--log_level LOG_LEVEL
The level of log messages to produce (one of
DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL; defaults to
WARNING)
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Thanks.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
