Re: [PATCH 2/6] samples: refactor Makefile

Sam Ravnborg
2014-07-13T19:52:43Z

Hi Randy - thanks for the feedback.

On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:25:33PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 07/13/14 11:42, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Use one line per module/program in Makefile.
> > This style is easier to read/extend.
> >
> > Introduce inverse xmas style sorting.
>
> google search couldn't tell me what that means and I cannot
> deduce it from the new Makefile ordering (if there is some ordering).
> Please explain.

Sort by length - with longest entry first. Like an xmas tree upside-down.
For entries with same lenght sort alphabetically.

Advocated in some places for includes and other places for local variables.

One recent reference is for example this:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=140510662905580&w=2

I will rephrase it like this:

# Sort entries using inverse xmas style:
# Longest entries first, alphabetically when legth is the same.

OK?
Sam

>
> Thanks.
>
> > This may prevent some merge conflicts in the future
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
> > ---
> > samples/Makefile | 15 +++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
> > index 1a60c62..7c08028 100644
> > --- a/samples/Makefile
> > +++ b/samples/Makefile
> > @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
> > # Makefile for Linux samples code
> > +# Sort entries using inverse xmas style
> > +#
> > +# kernel modules
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += hw_breakpoint/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += trace_events/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kprobes/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kobject/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kfifo/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += rpmsg/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kdb/
> >
> > -obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += kobject/ kprobes/ trace_events/ \
> > - hw_breakpoint/ kfifo/ kdb/ hidraw/ rpmsg/ seccomp/
> > +# user space programs
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += seccomp/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLES) += hidraw/
> >
>
>
> --
> ~Randy