Re: [PATCH] clang-tools: Print information when clang-tidy tool is missing

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 8:51 AM Maciej Falkowski
<maciej.falkowski9@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When clang-tidy tool is missing in the system, the FileNotFoundError
> exception is raised in the program reporting a stack trace to the user:
>
> $ ./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py clang-tidy ./compile_commands.json
> multiprocessing.pool.RemoteTraceback:
> """
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 125, in worker
>     result = (True, func(*args, **kwds))
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/multiprocessing/pool.py", line 48, in mapstar
>     return list(map(*args))
>   File "./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py", line 54, in run_analysis
>     p = subprocess.run(["clang-tidy", "-p", args.path, checks, entry["file"]],
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 489, in run
>     with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 854, in __init__
>     self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
>   File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 1702, in _execute_child
>     raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'clang-tidy'
> """
>
> The patch adds more user-friendly information about missing tool by
> checking the presence of clang-tidy using `command -v` at the beginning
> of the script:
>
> $ ./scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py clang-tidy ./compile_commands.json
> Command 'clang-tidy' is missing in the system
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej Falkowski <maciej.falkowski9@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1342
> ---
>  scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py b/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py
> index fa7655c7cec0..d34eaf5a0ee5 100755
> --- a/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py
> +++ b/scripts/clang-tools/run-clang-tools.py
> @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ def run_analysis(entry):
>
>
>  def main():
> +    exitcode = subprocess.getstatusoutput('command -v clang-tidy')[0]
> +    if exitcode == 1:
> +        print("Command 'clang-tidy' is missing in the system", file=sys.stderr)
> +        sys.exit(127)



I like the first answer in this link:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/82831/how-do-i-check-whether-a-file-exists-without-exceptions

"If the reason you're checking is so you can do something like
if file_exists: open_it(), it's safer to use a try around the attempt
to open it. Checking and then opening risks the file being deleted
or moved or something between when you check and when you try to open it."



Generally, I believe that Python's taste is:

   try:
        f = open("my-file")
   except:
        [ error handling ]


rather than:

    if not os.path.exists("my-file"):
           [ error handling ]
    f = open("my-file")



With the same logic applied,
if you like to display your custom error message here,
more Python-ish code might be:


    try:
         [ run clang-tidy ]
    except FileNotFoundError:
         print("Command 'clang-tidy' is missing in the system", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(127)
    except:
         [ handle other errors ]



I often see, "I observed Python's backtrace, so let's suppress it"
for clang-tools scripts.

For example,
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210520231821.12272-2-maciej.falkowski9@xxxxxxxxx/


If you believe "our custom error messages are better than
the default ones from Python", do you want to insert
ones to every code that can fail?

I do not think so.








> +
>      args = parse_arguments()
>
>      lock = multiprocessing.Lock()
> --
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada