From: Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>
To: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <darwi@linutronix.de>,
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>,
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"Derek Barbosa" <debarbos@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 01/10] kconfig-checker: Add schema for rule files
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 18:59:37 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e0ffecfe-8c4f-457e-ae8d-32a9601e69e5@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106091922.7560-2-darwi@linutronix.de>
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On 11/6/26 09:19, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> The kconfig-checker YAML rule files describes which kernel .config symbols
> are expected to be enabled or disabled. Introduce a schema for such files.
>
> Describe and add rational for each element in the schema as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de>
> ---
> tools/kconfig-checker/schema.yml | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 tools/kconfig-checker/schema.yml
>
> diff --git a/tools/kconfig-checker/schema.yml b/tools/kconfig-checker/schema.yml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..a7f1b0a78cc7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/kconfig-checker/schema.yml
> @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> +
> +"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema"
> +
> +title: Schema for kconfig-checker rule files
> +type: object
> +required: [rules]
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +properties:
> + #
> + # Optional base URL for the documentation page used by rationale
> + # links. See `docs_hint`.
> + #
> + docs_url:
> + type: string
> + format: uri
> +
> + rules:
> + type: array
> + minItems: 1
> + items:
> + type: object
> + oneOf:
> + - required: [name]
> + - required: [name_pattern]
> + required: [expected, severity]
> + additionalProperties: false
> +
> + properties:
> + #
> + # Exact kernel configuration symbol to check.
> + #
> + # Example: CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
> + #
> + name:
> + type: string
> + pattern: '^CONFIG_[A-Z0-9_]+$'
> +
> + #
> + # Regex matching one or more kernel configuration symbols.
> + #
> + # Example: CONFIG_DEBUG_.*
> + #
> + name_pattern:
> + type: string
> + format: regex
> +
> + #
> + # Expected value for the matching kernel configuration option.
> + #
> + # Values:
> + #
> + # y option is expected to be enabled (built-in or module).
Kconfig's tristates use 3-state logic. It seems like you're
approximating 'm' as 'y'?
These are meaningfully different values :/
> + # n option is expected to be disabled or unset.
> + # allowed option is permitted and must not be reported as a violation.
> + # This is used to exempt a specific symbol from a broader
> + # `name_pattern` rule with `expected: n`.
> + #
> + expected:
> + type: string
> + enum: [y, n, allowed]
What if a user wants to specify that the value can be 'n' or 'y', but
not 'm'?
- Julian Braha
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-08 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ 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
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha [this message]
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
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha
2026-11-06 9:19 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] kconfig: Introduce checkconfig target Ahmed S. Darwish
2026-11-07 9:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-08 18:59 ` Julian Braha
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
2026-11-08 18:59 ` [PATCH v1 00/10] tools: Introduce a kernel configuration checker Julian Braha
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