Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] objtool: Move sync check to a script

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Tue Nov 07 2017 - 08:31:15 EST


On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 10:46:21AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Hm, this doesn't actually warn - it outputs the diff:
>
> triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> ./sync-check.sh
> triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> 99a100,109
> > /* Identifiers for segment registers */
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_IGNORE 0
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_DEFAULT 1
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_CS 2
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_SS 3
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_DS 4
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_ES 5
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_FS 6
> > #define INAT_SEG_REG_GS 7
> >
>
> I fixed it to do:
>
> diff $file ../../$file > /dev/null ||
>
> (note the removal of '&')
>
> Then it outputs the right thing:
>
> triton:~/tip/tools/objtool> ./sync-check.sh
> Warning: synced file at 'tools/objtool/arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h' differs from latest kernel version at 'arch/x86/include/asm/inat.h'

Ah. I guess '&>' is a bash-ism, shorthand for redirecting both stdout
and stderr. It worked for me with bash 4.4.12. I guess you used a
different default shell?

--
Josh