Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] selftests/nolibc: drop custom EXTRACONFIG functionality

[Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>]

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 <linux@weissschuh.net>
> ---
>  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.

Just my two cents, 
Willy