When clang-tidy tool is missing in the system, the FileNotFoundError exception is raised in the program reporting a stack trace to the user: $ ./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py clang-tidy ./compile_commands.json multiprocessing.pool.RemoteTraceback: """ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 125, in worker result = (True, func(*args, **kwds)) File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 48, in mapstar return list(map(*args)) File "./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py", line 54, in run_analysis p = subprocess.run(["clang-tidy", "-p", args.path, checks, entry["file"]], File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process: File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__ self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds, File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename) FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'clang-tidy' """ The patch adds more user-friendly information about missing tool: $ ./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py clang-tidy ./compile_commands.json Command 'clang-tidy' is missing in the system Signed-off-by: Maciej Falkowski <maciej.falkowski9@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1342 --- Hi Masahiro, Thank you for your feedback! I am sorry that I haven't replied for so long. I agree with your point, based on this I would like to propose a second version of the patch. changes in v2: - Solution has changed from LBYL style to EAFP Best regards, Maciej Falkowski --- scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py b/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py index fa7655c7cec0..27ebe2f2069a 100755 --- a/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py +++ b/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py @@ -67,7 +67,14 @@ def main(): # Read JSON data into the datastore variable with open(args.path, "r") as f: datastore = json.load(f) - pool.map(run_analysis, datastore) + try: + pool.map(run_analysis, datastore) + except FileNotFoundError as err: + if err.filename == 'clang-tidy': + print("Command 'clang-tidy' is missing in the system", file=sys.stderr) + sys.exit(127) + else: + raise err if __name__ == "__main__": -- 2.26.3