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From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
To: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] kconfig: improve error message for recursive dependency in choice
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 03:22:03 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240626182212.3758235-5-masahiroy@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240626182212.3758235-1-masahiroy@kernel.org>

Kconfig detects recursive dependencies in a choice block, but the error
message is unclear.

[Test Code]

    choice
            prompt "choose"
            depends on A

    config A
            bool "A"

    config B
            bool "B"

    endchoice

[Result]

    Kconfig:1:error: recursive dependency detected!
    Kconfig:1:      choice <choice> contains symbol A
    Kconfig:5:      symbol A is part of choice <choice>
    For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
    subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"

The phrase "contains symbol A" does not accurately describe the problem.
The issue is that the choice depends on A, which is a member of itself.

The first if-block does not print a sensible message. Remove it.

This commit improves the error message to:

    Kconfig:1:error: recursive dependency detected!
    Kconfig:1:      symbol <choice> symbol is visible depending on A
    Kconfig:5:      symbol A is part of choice <choice>
    For a resolution refer to Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst
    subsection "Kconfig recursive dependency limitations"

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 scripts/kconfig/symbol.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
index 0c4b2894ac4e..787f0667836b 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/symbol.c
@@ -1106,12 +1106,7 @@ static void sym_check_print_recursive(struct symbol *last_sym)
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:error: recursive dependency detected!\n",
 				prop->filename, prop->lineno);
 
-		if (sym_is_choice(sym)) {
-			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tchoice %s contains symbol %s\n",
-				menu->filename, menu->lineno,
-				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
-				next_sym->name ? next_sym->name : "<choice>");
-		} else if (sym_is_choice(next_sym)) {
+		if (sym_is_choice(next_sym)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:\tsymbol %s is part of choice %s\n",
 				menu->filename, menu->lineno,
 				sym->name ? sym->name : "<choice>",
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-06-26 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-06-26 18:21 [PATCH 0/5] kconfig: fix conditional prompt for choice and recursive error messages Masahiro Yamada
2024-06-26 18:22 ` [PATCH 1/5] treewide: change conditional prompt for choices to 'depends on' Masahiro Yamada
2024-06-26 18:22 ` [PATCH 2/5] kconfig: fix conditional prompt behavior for choice Masahiro Yamada
2024-06-26 18:22 ` [PATCH 3/5] kconfig: improve error message for dependency between choice members Masahiro Yamada
2024-06-26 18:22 ` Masahiro Yamada [this message]
2024-06-26 18:22 ` [PATCH 5/5] kconfig: refactor error messages in sym_check_print_recursive() Masahiro Yamada

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