On Thursday 03 June 2010 12:23:15 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 06:24:24PM +0200, Nicolas Palix wrote: > > Four targets are added. Each one generates a different > > output kind: context, patch, org, report. > > Every SmPL file in 'scripts/coccinelle' is given to the spatch frontend > > (located in the 'scripts' directory), and applied to the entire > > source tree. > > A little late feedback. > IIRC all points raised at first review has been addressed - good. > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix@xxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> > > --- > > MAINTAINERS | 10 ++++++++++ > > Makefile | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- > > The top-level Makefile is already in a very bad shape. > Adding more stuff there is never good. > > How about adding some infrastructure to support the various tools? > Something along these lines: > > All targets named %check will call a shell script: > scripts/%check.sh > > "make help" will call a script named: > scripts/helpcheck.sh > > helpcheck.sh will contain all the ugly details > about help for the various targets. > > We need to rename a few seldomly used targets to do this. > Sample patch for top-level Makefile: > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index efdc3d0..40bf83e 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ endif > # of make so .config is not included in this case either (for *config). > > no-dot-config-targets := clean mrproper distclean \ > - cscope TAGS tags help %docs check% \ > + cscope TAGS tags help %docs %check \ > include/linux/version.h headers_% \ > kernelrelease kernelversion > > @@ -1024,10 +1024,6 @@ include/linux/version.h: $(srctree)/Makefile FORCE > include/generated/utsrelease.h: include/config/kernel.release FORCE > $(call filechk,utsrelease.h) > > -PHONY += headerdep > -headerdep: > - $(Q)find include/ -name '*.h' | xargs --max-args 1 scripts/headerdep.pl > - > # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > PHONY += depend dep > @@ -1273,13 +1269,9 @@ help: > echo ' (default: $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH))'; \ > echo '' > @echo 'Static analysers' > - @echo ' checkstack - Generate a list of stack hogs' > - @echo ' namespacecheck - Name space analysis on compiled kernel' > - @echo ' versioncheck - Sanity check on version.h usage' > - @echo ' includecheck - Check for duplicate included header files' > + @$(CONFIG_SHELL)$(srctree)/scripts/helpcheck.sh > @echo ' export_report - List the usages of all exported symbols' > @echo ' headers_check - Sanity check on exported headers' > - @echo ' headerdep - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'; \ > echo '' > @echo 'Kernel packaging:' > @$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) help > @@ -1427,20 +1419,10 @@ tags TAGS cscope: FORCE > $(call cmd,tags) > > # Scripts to check various things for consistency > +# Call a helper script in scripts/ to do the actual job > # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > -includecheck: > - find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \ > - -name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \ > - | xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkincludes.pl > - > -versioncheck: > - find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \ > - -name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \ > - | xargs $(PERL) -w $(srctree)/scripts/checkversion.pl > - > -namespacecheck: > - $(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/namespace.pl > +%check: > + $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL)$(srctree)/scripts/$@.sh > > export_report: > $(PERL) $(srctree)/scripts/export_report.pl > @@ -1448,20 +1430,7 @@ export_report: > endif #ifeq ($(config-targets),1) > endif #ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1) > > -PHONY += checkstack kernelrelease kernelversion > - > -# UML needs a little special treatment here. It wants to use the host > -# toolchain, so needs $(SUBARCH) passed to checkstack.pl. Everyone > -# else wants $(ARCH), including people doing cross-builds, which means > -# that $(SUBARCH) doesn't work here. > -ifeq ($(ARCH), um) > -CHECKSTACK_ARCH := $(SUBARCH) > -else > -CHECKSTACK_ARCH := $(ARCH) > -endif > -checkstack: > - $(OBJDUMP) -d vmlinux $$(find . -name '*.ko') | \ > - $(PERL) $(src)/scripts/checkstack.pl $(CHECKSTACK_ARCH) > +PHONY += kernelrelease kernelversion > > kernelrelease: > $(if $(wildcard include/config/kernel.release), $(Q)echo $(KERNELRELEASE), \ > > > > A nice simplification of the top-level Mkefile. > and an opportunity to document some of the > magic shell commands used by the various tools. > > If we do this I know the scripts will sum up to a lot more > lines but doing it distributed is better. > And some of the lines would be comments that explains what is > going on. > > An additinal benefit is that we can avoid touching > the top-level Makefile next time we add a new > %check target. > > As for cocci this would have the the effect that > new scipts can be made as drop-in - no changes > in any files. Just add the files to the > correct directory. > > Sam > Hi, I am not sure to understand your suggestion. Should I make this change and integrate it into my patch series or it is something to do later ? In doing so, I will have to select the 'mode' in a different way. I was thinking of renaming my targets in one of the following forms or using an environment variable: make cocci-report-check make report-coccicheck make coccicheck MODE=report Do you have any preference ? -- Nicolas Palix Tel: (+33) 1 44 27 87 25 Tel: (+33) 6 81 07 91 72 Web: http://www.diku.dk/~npalix/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html