Re: [PATCH] rtla: Fix Makefile when called from -C tools/

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 10:40:47 +0200
Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 2:17 PM Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
> <bristot@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Sedat Dilek reported an error on rtla Makefile when running:
> >  
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> Thanks for the patch.
> 
> >     $ make -C tools/  
> 
> No, that was with...
> 
> $ make -C tools/ clean
> 
> >     [...]
> >     make[2]: Entering directory
> >     '/home/dileks/src/linux-kernel/git/tools/tracing/rtla'
> >     [...]
> >     '/home/dileks/src/linux-kernel/git/Documentation/tools/rtla'
> >     /bin/sh: 1: test: rtla-make[2]:: unexpected operator    <------ The problem
> >     rm: cannot remove '/home/dileks/src/linux-kernel/git': Is a directory
> >     make[2]: *** [Makefile:120: clean] Error 1
> >     make[2]: Leaving directory
> >
> > This occurred because the rtla calls kernel's Makefile to get the
> > version in silence mode, e.g.,
> >
> >     $ make -sC ../../.. kernelversion
> >     5.19.0-rc4
> >
> > But the -s is being ignored when rtla's makefile is called from indirectly,
> > so the output looks like:
> >
> >     $ make -C ../../.. kernelversion
> >     make: Entering directory '/root/linux'
> >     5.19.0-rc4
> >     make: Leaving directory '/root/linux'
> >
> > 'grep -v make' to avoid this problem, e.g.,
> >  
> 
> Missing word at the beginning soething like:
> 
> Use 'grep -v make' to avoid this problem ...
> 
> >     $ make -C ../../.. kernelversion | grep -v make
> >     5.19.0-rc4
> >  
> 
> Shouldn't that be:
> 
> $ make -sC ... (missing "s")


Hi Daniel,

Any response to Sedat's comments? I'm holding off sending the rtla branch
to Linus waiting for an update to this patch.

-- Steve