Re: [PATCH rdma-next] kbuild: Respect request to silent output when merging configs

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Sun, Dec 08, 2024 at 11:49:12PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 5:49 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 05:25:50PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 10:55 PM Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
> > > >
> > > > Builds with -s option (silent) are supposed to silence all output
> > > > which is not an error. It is the case for target builds but not
> > > > for configs. These builds generate prints like this:
> > > >
> > > > ➜  kernel git:(rdma-next) make -s defconfig debug.config
> > > >  Using .config as base
> > > >  Merging ./kernel/configs/debug.config
> > > >  #
> > > >  # merged configuration written to .config (needs make)
> > > >  #
> > > >  ...
> > > >  Value of CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER is redefined by fragment ./kernel/configs/debug.config:
> > > >  Previous value: # CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER is not set
> > > >  New value: CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
> > > >  ----
> > > >
> > > > Let's honor -s option and hide all non-error output.
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it necessary to add the --quiet option to every script?
> > >
> > > Kbuild already provides a generic way to suppress the stdout
> > > with 'make -s'.
> > >
> > > The following code works for me.
> > > 'make defconfig debug.config' is as verbose as before.
> > > 'make -s defconfig debug.config' is really silent.
> >
> > This is exactly what I'm doing. I'm using -s option and added -q to very
> > specific merge_config script, because "-s" is already in use in that
> > script.
> >
> > Before my change on 40384c840ea1 ("Linux 6.13-rc1"):
> > [leonro@e534d5fa4327 kernel]$ make -s defconfig debug.config
> > Using .config as base
> > Merging ./kernel/configs/debug.config
> > Value of CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is redefined by fragment ./kernel/configs/debug.config:
> > Previous value: # CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is not set
> > New value: CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
> >
> > Value of CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER is redefined by fragment ./kernel/configs/debug.config:
> > Previous value: # CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER is not set
> > New value: CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER=y
> > ...
> >
> > After my change:
> > [leonro@4dd2c2078dff kernel]$ make -s defconfig debug.config <--- silent
> 
> 
> Not sure if you checked the attached code diff in my previous reply.
> 
> To make my question clearer, does this suffice your needs?
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241208144622.605523-1-masahiroy@kernel.org/T/#u

Unfortunately no, as both my development suite and our CI rely on
merge_config script to create right config.

In CI, they run add very specific config options to already
well-established .config.
In my development suite, I'm removing extra options with merge_config
script.

        subprocess.call(cmd + ['defconfig', 'kvm_guest.config', 'nopm.config', 'debug.config'])
        subprocess.call(['scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh', '-y', '-m', '-q',
                         '.config', '/plugins/kernel.config'])
        subprocess.call(cmd + ['olddefconfig'])

https://github.com/Mellanox/mkt/blob/master/plugins/do-build.py#L19
https://github.com/Mellanox/mkt/commit/26d7cbd776f508ab506f6d33cfe0e9b0bf44d557

I need both chunks, silence make ... and silence merge_config script.

Thanks

> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada