Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:18:50 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/7] nsdeps: make generated patches independent of locale |
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On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 3:14 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 12:42:28AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 10:27 PM Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 06:36:03PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > >scripts/nsdeps automatically generates a patch to add MODULE_IMPORT_NS > > > >tags, and what is nicer, it sorts the lines alphabetically with the > > > >"sort" command. However, the output from the "sort" command depends > > > >on locale. > > > > > > > >Especially when namespaces contain underscores, the result is > > > >different depending on the locale. > > > > > > > >For example, I got this: > > > > > > > >$ { echo usbcommon; echo usb_common; } | LANG=en_US.UTF-8 sort > > > >usbcommon > > > >usb_common > > > >$ { echo usbcommon; echo usb_common; } | LANG=C sort > > > >usb_common > > > >usbcommon > > > > > > > >So, this means people might potentially send different patches. > > > > > > > >This kind of issue was reported in the past, for example, > > > >commit f55f2328bb28 ("kbuild: make sorting initramfs contents > > > >independent of locale"). > > > > > > > >Adding "LANG=C" is a conventional way of fixing when a deterministic > > > >result is desirable. > > > > > > > >Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > > > >--- > > > > > > > > scripts/nsdeps | 2 +- > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > >diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps > > > >index 964b7fb8c546..3754dac13b31 100644 > > > >--- a/scripts/nsdeps > > > >+++ b/scripts/nsdeps > > > >@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ generate_deps() { > > > > for source_file in $mod_source_files; do > > > > sed '/MODULE_IMPORT_NS/Q' $source_file > ${source_file}.tmp > > > > offset=$(wc -l ${source_file}.tmp | awk '{print $1;}') > > > >- cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp > > > >+ cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | LANG=C sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp > > > > > > I would prefer to have this set throughout the whole runtime of the > > > script. Otherwise we likely see a followup patch. So, either as an > > > export at the beginning of this file or as part of the command that > > > calls this script. > > > > > > I prefer to keep it close to the locale-dependent code. > > > > > > > > If I move it to somewhere else, I need to add a comment like > > > > # make "sort" command deterministic > > export LANG=C > > > > Otherwise, people would have no idea why it is needed. > > A comment is fine, it documents why it is here and it keeps anyone from > having to remember to add it to anything else that changes in here. > > thanks, > > greg k-h
Huh, people who live in a country with English as mother tongue cannot understand the i18n because English is the only language in the world?
For example, in my locale (ja_JP.UTF-8)
I can see messages in Japanese as follows:
$ sh scripts/nsdeps cat: /modules.order: そのようなファイルやディレクトリはありません
If I added "LANG=C" to the whole of this script, it would forcibly change all the messages into English.
$ sh scripts/nsdeps cat: /modules.order: No such file or directory
The impact on the locale should be really limited. So, "LANG=C" must be placed immediately before the "find" command.
Nobody is asking to change log messages into English, and offering what was not asked is just *pushy*.
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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