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SubjectRe: [PATCH] scripts: dummy-tools, add pahole
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 6:44 PM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On 14. 04. 22, 11:42, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> > On 14. 04. 22, 11:33, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >> On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 6:14 PM Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> CONFIG_PAHOLE_VERSION is a part of a config since the commit below. And
> >>> when multiple people update the config, this value constantly changes.
> >>> Even if they use dummy scripts.
> >>>
> >>> To fix this:
> >>> * add a pahole dummy script returning v99.99 -> 9999
> >>> * call it in Makefile taking CROSS_COMPILE into account.
> >>>
> >>> The latter happens only if $(CROSS_COMPILE)pahole really exists. This is
> >>> because a cross pahole likely exists only in dummy tools now, not in
> >>> real cross tools.
> >>
> >>
> >> I do not think this is the right thing to do.
> >>
> >> (As I said somewhere, I am opposed to checking pahole version in
> >> Kconfig).
> >
> > If you ask me, I am all for removal as this causes pain. But it's there,
> > so I cannot do anything about that.
> >
> >> Also, $(CROSS_COMPILE)pahole looks insane.
> >>
> >> You can create a dummy pahole in your local system.
> >>
> >> $ echo 'echo v99.99' > $HOME/bin/dummy-pahole
> >> $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/dummy-pahole
> >> $ make CROSS_COMPILE=scripts/dummy-tools PAHOLE=dummy-pahole menuconfig
> >
> > Well, the question is how do I that for every kernel developer in SUSE?
>
> IOW it'd be quite easier if the scripts/dummy-tools/pahole part of the
> patch was in the tree. (I don't insist on the Makefile change.)


I do not mind scripts/dummy-tools/pahole
although you need to do
make CROSS_COMPILE=scripts/dummy-tools
PAHOLE=scripts/dummy-tools/pahole menuconfig




> > thanks,--
> js
> suse labs



--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

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