From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@linutronix.de>
To: Clark Williams <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Cc: "Sebastian Andrzej Siewior" <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
"Frederic Weisbecker" <frederic@kernel.org>,
"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Jonathan Corbet" <corbet@lwn.net>,
"John Ogness" <john.ogness@linutronix.de>,
"Derek Barbosa" <debarbos@redhat.com>,
"Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek" <zbyszek@amutable.com>,
"Daan De Meyer" <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>,
"Luca Boccassi" <luca.boccassi@gmail.com>,
linux-rt-devel@lists.linux.dev, debian-kernel@lists.debian.org,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@linutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v1 04/10] kconfig: Introduce checkconfig target
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2026 10:19:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106091922.7560-5-darwi@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106091922.7560-1-darwi@linutronix.de>
Add a checkconfig target to validate the current kernel .config against a
set of rules. Select the rules using a mandatory RULES= make variable.
Example usage:
make RULES=preempt_rt checkconfig
Use the kconfig-checker to perform all sanity checks.
Document the new target at the 'make help' text.
Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
---
scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
index 5baf1c44ffa2..d67a23730259 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
@@ -125,6 +125,26 @@ testconfig: $(obj)/conf
$(if $(findstring 1,$(KBUILD_VERBOSE)),--capture=no)
clean-files += tests/.cache
+checkconfig := $(PYTHON3) -B $(srctree)/tools/kconfig-checker/check.py
+list_checkconfig_rules = \
+ echo -n >&2 "Available RULES: "; \
+ $(checkconfig) list-rules >&2; \
+ echo >&2
+
+PHONY += checkconfig
+checkconfig:
+ $(Q)if [ -z "$(RULES)" ]; then \
+ echo >&2 "Usage: make RULES=<profile> checkconfig"; \
+ $(list_checkconfig_rules); \
+ exit 2; \
+ fi
+ $(Q)if ! $(checkconfig) list-rules | grep -qw "$(RULES)"; then \
+ echo >&2 "Unknown RULES profile = $(RULES)"; \
+ $(list_checkconfig_rules); \
+ exit 2; \
+ fi
+ $(Q)$(checkconfig) check -r "$(RULES)" -c "$(KCONFIG_CONFIG)"
+
# Help text used by make help
help:
@echo 'Configuration targets:'
@@ -154,6 +174,9 @@ help:
@echo ' default value without prompting'
@echo ' tinyconfig - Configure the tiniest possible kernel'
@echo ' testconfig - Run Kconfig unit tests (requires python3 and pytest)'
+ @echo ' checkconfig - Check current config against sanity rules specified by RULES'
+ @echo ' Example usage: "make RULES=preempt_rt checkconfig"'
+ @echo ' (requires python3, PyYAML, and jsonschema)'
@echo ''
@echo 'Configuration topic targets:'
@$(foreach f, $(all-config-fragments), \
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-06 9:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 9:19 [PATCH v1 00/10] tools: Introduce a kernel configuration checker Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] kconfig-checker: Add schema for rule files Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 02/10] kconfig-checker: Introduce PREEMPT_RT configuration rules Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 03/10] kconfig-checker: Add the configuration checker code Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` Ahmed S. Darwish [this message]
2026-11-07 9:20 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] kconfig: Introduce checkconfig target sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 05/10] Documentation: Describe kconfig-checker usage and design Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 06/10] kconfig-checker: Split schema to support component reuse Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] kconfig-checker: Introduce overlays schema Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 08/10] kconfig-checker: Add support for rule overlays Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 09/10] Documentation: Describe kconfig-checker overlays Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] kconfig: Introduce OVERLAY= for make checkconfig Ahmed S. Darwish
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