[cip-dev] [cip-kernel-sec 3/6] report_affected: fix code when branches are specified

[daniel.sangorrin@toshiba.co.jp (daniel.sangorrin at toshiba.co.jp)]

> From: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@codethink.co.uk>
> On Tue, 2019-06-25 at 12:26 +0900, Daniel Sangorrin wrote:
> > The previous code could not handle branches with names
> > other than stable branch names. For example, passing
> > "linux-4.4.y-cip" as a branch would return an error.
> [...]
> > --- a/scripts/report_affected.py
> > +++ b/scripts/report_affected.py
> > @@ -18,14 +18,17 @@ import kernel_sec.version
> >
> > ?def main(git_repo, remotes,
> > ??????????only_fixed_upstream, include_ignored, *branch_names):
> > +????live_branches = kernel_sec.branch.get_live_branches()
> > ?????if branch_names:
> > -????????# Support stable release strings as shorthand for stable branches
> > -????????branches = [kernel_sec.branch.get_base_ver_stable_branch(name)
> > -????????????????????if name[0].isdigit()
> > -????????????????????else kernel_sec.branch.get_stable_branch(name)
> > -????????????????????for name in branch_names]
> > +????????branches = []
> > +????????for branch in live_branches:
> > +????????????for name in branch_names:
> > +????????????????if name[0].isdigit():
> > +????????????????????name = 'linux-%s.y' % name
> > +????????????????if branch['short_name'] == name:
> > +????????????????????branches.append(branch)
> [...]
> 
> This results in quietly skipping arguments that don't match any known
> branch.  The current behaviour (failing with a TypeError) is not good
> but I think failing quietly is worse.

I was taking the approach of "doing as much as possible". Something like what a recovery tool does on a disk with broken sectors: if a broken sector is found skip it.

In the new version, the script will raise an argument error if it cannot find the corresponding stable branch.

Thanks,
Daniel


> 
> Ben.
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