[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/4] devtools: handle section suppression

[Neil Horman]

On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 02:56:51PM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 7:16 PM David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:18 PM Neil Horman <nhorman at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 04:34:18PM +0200, David Marchand wrote:
> >> > Even if rare, the check script should handle removing a section.
> >> >
> >> > Fixes: 4bec48184e33 ("devtools: add checks for ABI symbol addition")
> >> > Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> >> > ---
> >> >  devtools/check-symbol-change.sh | 1 +
> >> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> >> b/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> >> > index 8da7650..d5fad04 100755
> >> > --- a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> >> > +++ b/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> >> > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ build_map_changes()
> >> >               # symbol rule below
> >> >               /^.*{/ {
> >> >                       gsub("+", "");
> >> > +                     gsub("-", "");
> >> >                       if (in_map == 1) {
> >> >                               sec=$(NF-1); in_sec=1;
> >> >                       }
> >> > --
> >> > 1.8.3.1
> >> >
> >> >
> >> Don't you also need to add some logic in the symbol detection match rule
> >> to
> >> print an appropriate indicator that a symbol is being removed?  With just
> >> this
> >> change, you will note that you are parsing a section, but you will never
> >> trigger
> >> a symbol match
> >>
> >
> > I do remember seeing a warning about the "-EXPERIMENTAL" section.
> > And this is why I added this.
> > But since then I reorganised my series and eliminated some parts... so you
> > are most likely right.
> > I will double check and repost.
> >
> >
> Yes, you are right, I moved this out of another patch that I ended up not
> sending.
> But it makes no sense by itself.
> I will drop this in v2.
> 
> Any comments on the other patches ?
> Thanks Neil.
> 
No, I don't think I do, thanks for checking though!
Neil

> 
> -- 
> David Marchand