Re: IS_ENABLED() and non-available symbols

From: Arnaud Lacombe
Date: Mon Aug 15 2011 - 10:52:36 EST


Hi,

2011/8/15 Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>:
> On 14.8.2011 19:02, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> The solution is trivial, but I am not sure we want to go that way: we
>>> need to generated a __enabled_ entry for symbols for _all_ symbols in
>>> the configuration, even internal one
>>>
>> That should do the job...
>>
>>  -= NOT FOR MERGE =-
>>
>> Not-Signed-off-by: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> ---
>>  scripts/kconfig/confdata.c |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>>       for_all_symbols(i, sym) {
>> +             conf_write_symbol(out_h, sym, &header__enabled_printer_cb, NULL);
>> +
>>               sym_calc_value(sym);
>>               if (!(sym->flags & SYMBOL_WRITE) || !sym->name)
>>                       continue;
>
> I like the approach, it will work even with not visible symbols and
> still catch typos (which #ifdef does not protect against).
>
actually, the print should be after `sym_calc_value(sym)' to get the
value right..

> But with the
> patch as-is, the generated autoconf.h starts with lots of
>
> #define __enabled_CONFIG_(null) 1
> #define __enabled_CONFIG_(null)_MODULE 0
> #define __enabled_CONFIG_(null) 1
> #define __enabled_CONFIG_(null)_MODULE 0
> #define __enabled_CONFIG_(null) 0
>
that should be trivial to fix. Sunday morning patches...

I'd be interested to also know the cost of all those new symbols on
build time...

- Arnaud
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