From: Dmitry Voytik <voytikd@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@fritz.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>, Rong Zhang <i@rong.moe>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
Dmitry Voytik <voytikd@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] scripts/config: honor $KBUILD_OUTPUT by default
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 17:41:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260927154101.122633-1-voytikd@gmail.com> (raw)
If $KBUILD_OUTPUT is set, use it by default if --file is not passed.
Fix the issue when the script silently updates a stale .config in
the root directory, while the user expects ${KBUILD_OUTPUT}/.config
to be updated.
The problem can be worked around with --file, but this is easy to miss,
and is inconsistent with how the Makefile and other tools work
(e.g., scripts/diffconfig).
How to reproduce the issue:
rm .config
export KBUILD_OUTPUT=.out
make defconfig
./scripts/config \
-e CONFIG_UBSAN
grep: .config: No such file or directory
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Voytik <voytikd@gmail.com>
---
v3:
- Added an example in the commit message how to reproduce the issue
v2:
- Addressed comments by sashiko:
- https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260920064350.17999-1-voytikd%40gmail.com
- use basename when --refresh is used
- remove echo which can be misleading when --file is passed
v1:
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260920064350.17999-1-voytikd@gmail.com/
---
scripts/config | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/config b/scripts/config
index 32428ea909c2..cdee67157fe1 100755
--- a/scripts/config
+++ b/scripts/config
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ on_exit() {
trap on_exit EXIT
FN=.config
+if [ -n "${KBUILD_OUTPUT}" ]; then
+ FN=${KBUILD_OUTPUT}/${FN}
+fi
+
CMDS=()
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
if [ "$1" = "--file" ]; then
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
;;
--refresh)
- yes "" | make oldconfig KCONFIG_CONFIG=$FN
+ yes "" | make oldconfig KCONFIG_CONFIG=$(basename $FN)
;;
*)
--
2.55.0
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