[PATCH v2] kbuild: add support for ensuring headers are self-contained

[Jani Nikula]

Sometimes it's useful to be able to explicitly ensure certain headers
remain self-contained, i.e. that they are compilable as standalone
units, by including and/or forward declaring everything they depend on.

Add special target header-test-y where individual Makefiles can add
headers to be tested if CONFIG_HEADER_TEST is enabled. This will
generate a dummy C file per header that gets built as part of extra-y.

Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxx>

---

v2: changes suggested by Masahiro:

http://mid.mail-archive.com/CAK7LNAT=nB0=at0X4OnHVKB=y7WwHGm4LXkrQnCw9HpjB5LooA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 .gitignore                         | 1 +
 Documentation/dontdiff             | 1 +
 Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 7 +++++++
 Makefile                           | 1 +
 init/Kconfig                       | 9 +++++++++
 scripts/Makefile.build             | 9 +++++++++
 scripts/Makefile.lib               | 3 +++
 7 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7587ef56b92d..4bb60f0fa23b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 *.elf
 *.gcno
 *.gz
+*.hdrtest.c
 *.i
 *.ko
 *.lex.c
diff --git a/Documentation/dontdiff b/Documentation/dontdiff
index 5eba889ea84d..554dfe4883d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/dontdiff
+++ b/Documentation/dontdiff
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 *.grep
 *.grp
 *.gz
+*.hdrtest.c
 *.html
 *.i
 *.jpeg
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index d65ad5746f94..a31e54bd9ddd 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1022,6 +1022,13 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	In this example, extra-y is used to list object files that
 	shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.a.
 
+    header-test-y
+
+	header-test-y specifies headers (*.h) in the current directory that
+	should be compile tested to ensure they are self-contained,
+	i.e. compilable as standalone units. If CONFIG_HEADER_TEST is enabled,
+	this autogenerates dummy sources to include the headers, and builds them
+	as part of extra-y.
 
 --- 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11358153d8f2..b347be697fbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1646,6 +1646,7 @@ clean: $(clean-dirs)
 		-o -name '*.dwo' -o -name '*.lst' \
 		-o -name '*.su'  \
 		-o -name '.*.d' -o -name '.*.tmp' -o -name '*.mod.c' \
+		-o -name '*.hdrtest.c' \
 		-o -name '*.lex.c' -o -name '*.tab.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.asn1.[ch]' \
 		-o -name '*.symtypes' -o -name 'modules.order' \
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 36894c9fb420..02d8897b91fb 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ config COMPILE_TEST
 	  here. If you are a user/distributor, say N here to exclude useless
 	  drivers to be distributed.
 
+config HEADER_TEST
+	bool "Compile test headers that should be standalone compilable"
+	help
+	  Compile test headers listed in header-test-y target to ensure they are
+	  self-contained, i.e. compilable as standalone units.
+
+	  If you are a developer or tester and want to ensure the requested
+	  headers are self-contained, say Y here. Otherwise, choose N.
+
 config LOCALVERSION
 	string "Local version - append to kernel release"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index ae9cf740633e..ee0319560513 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_lst_c = MKLST   $@
 $(obj)/%.lst: $(src)/%.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_lst_c)
 
+# Dummy C sources for header test (header-test-y target)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+quiet_cmd_header_test = HDRTEST $@
+      cmd_header_test = echo "\#include \"$*.h\"" > $@
+
+$(obj)/%.hdrtest.c:
+	$(call cmd,header_test)
+
 # Compile assembler sources (.S)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index f1f38c8cdc74..3e630fcaffd1 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ extra-y += $(patsubst %.dtb,%.dt.yaml, $(dtb-y))
 extra-$(CONFIG_OF_ALL_DTBS) += $(patsubst %.dtb,%.dt.yaml, $(dtb-))
 endif
 
+# Test self-contained headers
+extra-$(CONFIG_HEADER_TEST) += $(patsubst %.h,%.hdrtest.o,$(header-test-y))
+
 # Add subdir path
 
 extra-y		:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(extra-y))
-- 
2.20.1