[PATCH] kbuild: do not suppress Kconfig prompts for silent build

[PATCH] kbuild: do not suppress Kconfig prompts for silent build

[Masahiro Yamada]

When a new CONFIG option is available, Kbuild shows a prompt to get
the user input.

  $ make
  [ snip ]
  Core Scheduling for SMT (SCHED_CORE) [N/y/?] (NEW)

This is the only interactive place during the build process.

Commit 174a1dcc9642 ("kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build")
suppressed Kconfig prompts as well because syncconfig is invoked by
the 'cmd' macro. You cannot notice the fact that Kconfig is waiting
for the user input.

Use 'kecho' to show the equivalent short log without suppressing stdout
from sub-make.

Fixes: 174a1dcc9642 ("kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build")
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
---

 Makefile | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c3f9bd191b89..6272126abe23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -728,11 +728,9 @@ $(KCONFIG_CONFIG):
 # This exploits the 'multi-target pattern rule' trick.
 # The syncconfig should be executed only once to make all the targets.
 # (Note: use the grouped target '&:' when we bump to GNU Make 4.3)
-quiet_cmd_syncconfig = SYNC    $@
-      cmd_syncconfig = $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig
-
 %/config/auto.conf %/config/auto.conf.cmd %/generated/autoconf.h: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
-	+$(call cmd,syncconfig)
+	$(Q)$(kecho) "  SYNC    $@"
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig
 else # !may-sync-config
 # External modules and some install targets need include/generated/autoconf.h
 # and include/config/auto.conf but do not care if they are up-to-date.
-- 
2.27.0

Re: [PATCH] kbuild: do not suppress Kconfig prompts for silent build

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 1:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> When a new CONFIG option is available, Kbuild shows a prompt to get
> the user input.
>
>   $ make
>   [ snip ]
>   Core Scheduling for SMT (SCHED_CORE) [N/y/?] (NEW)
>
> This is the only interactive place during the build process.
>
> Commit 174a1dcc9642 ("kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build")
> suppressed Kconfig prompts as well because syncconfig is invoked by
> the 'cmd' macro. You cannot notice the fact that Kconfig is waiting
> for the user input.
>
> Use 'kecho' to show the equivalent short log without suppressing stdout
> from sub-make.
>
> Fixes: 174a1dcc9642 ("kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build")
> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild.



>  Makefile | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index c3f9bd191b89..6272126abe23 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -728,11 +728,9 @@ $(KCONFIG_CONFIG):
>  # This exploits the 'multi-target pattern rule' trick.
>  # The syncconfig should be executed only once to make all the targets.
>  # (Note: use the grouped target '&:' when we bump to GNU Make 4.3)
> -quiet_cmd_syncconfig = SYNC    $@
> -      cmd_syncconfig = $(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig
> -
>  %/config/auto.conf %/config/auto.conf.cmd %/generated/autoconf.h: $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
> -       +$(call cmd,syncconfig)
> +       $(Q)$(kecho) "  SYNC    $@"
> +       $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile syncconfig
>  else # !may-sync-config
>  # External modules and some install targets need include/generated/autoconf.h
>  # and include/config/auto.conf but do not care if they are up-to-date.
> --
> 2.27.0
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada