Re: smatch usage (was Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] net: mdio: Add RTL9300 MDIO driver)

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 09:39:41AM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> > I wasn't able to use O=... with the kchecker script but if I call make
> > directly then it works for me:
> > 
> > make O=/home/dcarpenter/progs/kernel/build/build_smatch/ allyesconfig
> > make O=/home/dcarpenter/progs/kernel/build/build_smatch/ C=2 'CHECK= /home/dcarpenter/progs/smatch/release/smatch_scripts/../smatch --project=kernel --succeed ' drivers/net/mdio/mdio-realtek-rtl.o
> > 
> > regards,
> > dan carpenter
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> I think the problem was I had libsqilite3-dev installed but not sqlite3. I
> rebuilt smatch after installing the sqlite3 package and now my original
> incantation works as well as your one above.
> 

That's so weird.  The sqlite3 requirement was only intended for if you
build the cross function DB.  The scripts to build the DB are a mix of
Perl and shell.

Anyway, good that it's working now.

regards,
dan carpenter