On Sat, Feb 01, 2025 at 11:17:28AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> On 2025-02-01 11:13:05+0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 08:37:37AM +0100, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > > kbuild already contains logic to merge predefines snippets into a
> > > defconfig file. This already works nicely with the current "defconfig"
> > > target. Make use of the snippet and drop the custom logic.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 9 +--------
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile 
> > > b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > index 
> > > 7d14a7c0cb62608f328b251495264517d333db2e..ba044c8a042ce345ff90bdd35569de4b5acd117d
> > >  100644
> > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ DEFCONFIG_x86        = defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_arm64      = defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_arm        = multi_v7_defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_mips32le   = malta_defconfig
> > > -DEFCONFIG_mips32be   = malta_defconfig
> > > +DEFCONFIG_mips32be   = malta_defconfig generic/eb.config
> > >  DEFCONFIG_ppc        = pmac32_defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_ppc64      = powernv_be_defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_ppc64le    = powernv_defconfig
> > > @@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ DEFCONFIG_s390       = defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG_loongarch  = defconfig
> > >  DEFCONFIG            = $(DEFCONFIG_$(XARCH))
> > >  
> > > -EXTRACONFIG_mips32be = -d CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN -e 
> > > CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> > > -EXTRACONFIG           = $(EXTRACONFIG_$(XARCH))
> > > -
> > >  # optional tests to run (default = all)
> > >  TEST =
> > >  
> > > @@ -265,10 +262,6 @@ initramfs: nolibc-test
> > >  
> > >  defconfig:
> > >   $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree) ARCH=$(ARCH) CC=$(CC) 
> > > CROSS_COMPILE=$(CROSS_COMPILE) mrproper $(DEFCONFIG) prepare
> > > - $(Q)if [ -n "$(EXTRACONFIG)" ]; then \
> > > -         $(srctree)/scripts/config --file $(objtree)/.config 
> > > $(EXTRACONFIG); \
> > > -         $(MAKE) -C $(srctree) ARCH=$(ARCH) CC=$(CC) 
> > > CROSS_COMPILE=$(CROSS_COMPILE) olddefconfig < /dev/null; \
> > > - fi
> > 
> > OK it's no longer needed thanks to your change above, but to we really
> > want to get rid of that feature allowing anyone to add their own extra
> > config ? I'm not sure. For example maybe the current build script helps
> > on bare metal, when trying to add support for new archs or other features
> > not yet in defconfig ? We could leave EXTRACONFIG_* empty by default and
> > user-defined, as I don't feel like it blocks anything to keep it.
> 
> Makes sense, let's keep it.
> It's currently not possible for kbuild to pick up config snippets
> outside of a few special locations.

Yes but when facing difficulties, users can be creative (e.g. inject
semi-colon and commands in EXTRACONFIG ;-)).

> I'll fix this up locally and apply the series directly.

Thank you!
Willy

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