Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9] checkpatches.sh: Add checks for ABI symbol addition

[Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 06:19:40AM +0000, Rao, Nikhil wrote:
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Neil Horman [mailto:nhorman@tuxdriver.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 4:19 PM
> > To: Rao, Nikhil <nikhil.rao@intel.com>
> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; thomas@monjalon.net; Mcnamara, John
> > <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Richardson, Bruce
> > <bruce.richardson@intel.com>; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>;
> > stephen@networkplumber.org; toggle-mailboxes@hmswarspite.think-
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] checkpatches.sh: Add checks for ABI symbol addition
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks, I think I made a mistake in how I detect section names in the awk
> > script.  The rule assumes that the entire section is getting added (i.e. we are
> > adding the EXPERIMENTAL section as a whole unit, hence the starting a line
> > with
> > + to id the section name, and thats not the case here.  I think the rule
> > + needs
> > to be any line in a map file that ends with a { (based on our coding practice), is
> > a section start, and the section name is the next to the last field in the line (i.e.
> > $(NF-1) ).  Please apply the patch below and confirm that this works for you.
> > 
> > Best
> > Neil
> > 
> > 
> Thanks for the fix, it works.
> 
> Nikhil
Thanks, I'll propose it as a fix here shortly.
Neil

> 
> > 
> > diff --git a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh b/devtools/check-symbol-
> > change.sh index daaf45e14..cf9cfc745 100755
> > --- a/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> > +++ b/devtools/check-symbol-change.sh
> > @@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ build_map_changes()
> >  		# supresses the subordonate rules below
> >  		/[-+] a\/.*\.^(map)/ {in_map=0}
> > 
> > -		# Triggering this rule, which starts a line with a + and ends it
> > +		# Triggering this rule, which starts a line and ends it
> >  		# with a { identifies a versioned section.  The section name is
> >  		# the rest of the line with the + and { symbols remvoed.
> >  		# Triggering this rule sets in_sec to 1, which actives the
> >  		# symbol rule below
> > -		/+.*{/ {gsub("+","");
> > +		/^.*{/ {
> >  			if (in_map == 1) {
> > -				sec=$1; in_sec=1;
> > +				sec=$(NF-1); in_sec=1;
> >  			}
> >  		}
> > 
>