On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 22:17 +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 12:20:46PM -0500, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > > Minor changes to allow static analysis checkers besides sparse > > > > This patch allows CHECK and CHECKFLAGS to be passed in on the make > > invocation, such that one could specify a checker other than sparse, > > and/or different flags. > This is alread possible. > Try > make C=1 CHECK=checker_executable CHECKFLAGS=.... > from your example and see that it works.
No kidding, yep...I just tried that and it worked like a charm. Thanks. The inline documentation was misleading. How about this simple patch to more clearly enunciate this in the inline Makefile documentation? --- Minor documentation change on allowing checkers besides sparse This patch cleans up a couple of mentions of sparse in the inline toplevel Makefile documentation such that it's clear that other checkers besides sparse can override CHECK and CHECKFLAGS. Signed-off-by: Dustin Kirkland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -burpN linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3/Makefile linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3-checker/Makefile --- linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3/Makefile 2006-05-22 14:12:38.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-2.6.17-rc4-mm3-checker/Makefile 2006-05-23 15:50:25.000000000 -0500 @@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ ifndef KBUILD_VERBOSE KBUILD_VERBOSE = 0 endif -# Call sparse as part of compilation of C files -# Use 'make C=1' to enable sparse checking +# Call checker as part of compilation of C files +# Use 'make C=1' to enable checking (sparse, by default) +# Override with 'make C=1 CHECK=checker_executable CHECKFLAGS=....' ifdef C ifeq ("$(origin C)", "command line") @@ -1068,8 +1069,8 @@ help: @echo ' make V=0|1 [targets] 0 => quiet build (default), 1 => verbose build' @echo ' make O=dir [targets] Locate all output files in "dir", including .config' - @echo ' make C=1 [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse)' - @echo ' make C=2 [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK (sparse)' + @echo ' make C=1 [targets] Check all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)' + @echo ' make C=2 [targets] Force check of all c source with $$CHECK (sparse by default)' @echo '' @echo 'Execute "make" or "make all" to build all targets marked with [*] ' @echo 'For further info see the ./README file' ------------------------------------------------------- All the advantages of Linux Managed Hosting--Without the Cost and Risk! Fully trained technicians. The highest number of Red Hat certifications in the hosting industry. Fanatical Support. Click to learn more http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=107521&bid=248729&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel