From: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@linutronix.de>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: "Julian Braha" <julianbraha@gmail.com>,
"Clark Williams" <clrkwllms@kernel.org>,
"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@redhat.com>,
"Nicolas Schier" <nsc@kernel.org>,
"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, arighi@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 00/10] tools: Introduce a kernel configuration checker
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 18:04:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <avH9Mo05xQjv5wYq@lx-t490> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109165230.GC1608140@ax162>
On Mon, 09 Nov 2026, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 09, 2026 at 05:15:20PM +0100, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> >
> > What about kconfig-audit? Something like:
> >
> > ./tools/kconfig-audit/audit.py -c .config -p preempt_rt
> >
> > make POLICY=preempt_rt auditconfig
> >
> > config-policy-checker does sound good, but it feels verbose.
> >
> > Feedback appreciated.
>
> Yeah, config-policy-checker is a little verbose and might not translate
> into make rules well. kconfig-audit does not sound bad to me, especially
> with the rename of RULES to POLICY; at the very least, it is on the
> right track.
>
Thanks!
Then, kconfig-audit it is.
--
Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-06 9:19 Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] kconfig-checker: Add schema for rule files Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha
2026-11-09 12:40 ` 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
2026-11-09 18:09 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
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
2026-11-09 19:29 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha
2026-11-09 13:00 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] kconfig: Introduce checkconfig target Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 20:07 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha
2026-11-09 0:39 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-11-09 13:18 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
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
2026-11-09 18:22 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] kconfig-checker: Introduce overlays schema Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 16:47 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
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
2026-11-09 16:50 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] kconfig: Introduce OVERLAY= for make checkconfig Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-08 18:59 ` [PATCH v1 00/10] tools: Introduce a kernel configuration checker Julian Braha
2026-11-09 0:37 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-11-09 16:15 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-09 16:52 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-11-09 17:04 ` Ahmed S. Darwish [this message]
2026-11-09 15:49 ` Ahmed S. Darwish
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