Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 01/14] samples: bpf: makefile: fix HDR_PROBE "echo"

[Andrii Nakryiko]

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:59 AM Ivan Khoronzhuk
<ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> echo should be replaced with echo -e to handle '\n' correctly, but
> instead, replace it with printf as some systems can't handle echo -e.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  samples/bpf/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
> index 1d9be26b4edd..f50ca852c2a8 100644
> --- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
> +++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ endif
>
>  # Don't evaluate probes and warnings if we need to run make recursively
>  ifneq ($(src),)
> -HDR_PROBE := $(shell echo "\#include <linux/types.h>\n struct list_head { int a; }; int main() { return 0; }" | \
> +HDR_PROBE := $(shell printf "\#include <linux/types.h>\n struct list_head { int a; }; int main() { return 0; }" | \

printf change is fine, but I'm confused about \# at the beginning of
the string. Not sure what was the intent, but it seems like it should
work with just #include at the beginning.

>         $(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -x c - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null && \
>         echo okay)
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>