Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v3] scripts: coccicheck: Correct usage of make coccicheck

[Julia Lawall]

On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, Sumera Priyadarsini wrote:

> The command "make coccicheck C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck" results in the
> error:
>         ./scripts/coccicheck: line 65: -1: shift count out of range
>
> This happens because every time the C variable is specified,
> the shell arguments need to be "shifted" in order to take only
> the last argument, which is the C file to test. These shell arguments
> mostly comprise flags that have been set in the Makefile. However,
> when coccicheck is specified in the make command as a rule, the
> number of shell arguments is zero, thus passing the invalid value -1
> to the shift command, resulting in an error.
>
> Modify coccicheck to print correct usage of make coccicheck so as to
> avoid the error.

Applied, thanks.

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrenadin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Move test to only display error message
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Update example with latest file
> ---
>  scripts/coccicheck | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
> index 209bb0427b43..d1aaa1dc0a69 100755
> --- a/scripts/coccicheck
> +++ b/scripts/coccicheck
> @@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ COCCIINCLUDE=${COCCIINCLUDE// -include/ --include}
>  if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ]; then
>      ONLINE=1
>
> +    if [[ $# -le 0 ]]; then
> +	    echo ''
> +	    echo 'Specifying both the variable "C" and rule "coccicheck" in the make
> +command results in a shift count error.'
> +	    echo ''
> +	    echo 'Try specifying "scripts/coccicheck" as a value for the CHECK variable instead.'
> +	    echo ''
> +	    echo 'Example:	make C=2 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.o'
> +	    echo ''
> +	    exit 1
> +    fi
> +
>      # Take only the last argument, which is the C file to test
>      shift $(( $# - 1 ))
>      OPTIONS="$COCCIINCLUDE $1"
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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