On 11/6/26 09:19, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> 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
> 

I think this tool may belong in scripts/ due to the kbuild integration,
as was mentioned in the past on another tool review:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/20260428183101.GA3304253@ax162/

- Julian Braha