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From:   Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 1 Mar 2018 16:23:33 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: remove redundant streamline_config.pl prerequisite
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
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        Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@intel.com>,
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On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> 2018-03-01 20:18 GMT+09:00 Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>:
>> The local{yes,mod}config targets currently have streamline_config.pl as
>> a prerequisite. This is redundant, because streamline_config.pl is a
>> checked-in file with no prerequisites.
>>
>> Remove the prerequisite and reference streamline_config.pl directly in
>> the recipe of the rule instead.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> index 1f74336d4e23..58be52cb464d 100644
>
>
> Thanks! Almost good.
>
> Just small nits.
>
>
>> --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
>> @@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ silentoldconfig: $(obj)/conf
>>             touch   include/generated/autoksyms.h
>>         $< $(silent) --$@ $(Kconfig)
>>
>> -localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/streamline_config.pl $(obj)/conf
>> +localyesconfig localmodconfig: $(obj)/conf
>>         $(Q)mkdir -p include/config include/generated
>> -       $(Q)perl $< --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
>> +       $(Q)perl $(obj)/streamline_config.pl --$@ $(srctree) $(Kconfig) > .tmp.config
>
>
>
> '$(src)/streamline_config.pl' is better than '$(obj)/streamline_config.pl'
> since it is a checked-in file.
>
> '$(src)' and '$(obj)' are always the same.
> (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/scripts/Makefile.build#L6)
>
>
> So, there is no effective difference.
> It is just a coding convention to use $(obj)/ for generated files,
> and $(src)/ for source files.
>
> The original code already used $(obj)/, so this is not your fault
> but I want to fix it while we are here.
>
>
>
> One more nit.
>
> $(obj)/conf $(silent) --silentoldconfig $(Kconfig);
>
> can be
>
> $< $(silent) --silentoldconfig $(Kconfig);
>
>
> I guess you did not touch this line to avoid
> conflict with my patch.

Yep, plus I wanted to keep the patch focused.

>
>
>
> If you agree those two, shall I fix it up
> when I apply it?

That's fine by me. I'll assume less sanity from the existing code from
now on. :)

>
>
>
>
>
>>         $(Q)if [ -f .config ]; then                                     \
>>                         cmp -s .tmp.config .config ||                   \
>>                         (mv -f .config .config.old.1;                   \
>> --
>> 2.14.1
>>
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>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

Thanks,
Ulf