Sorry for having missed this patch during so long.
13/02/2018 11:48, Ferruh Yigit:
> On 2/12/2018 4:13 PM, Pavan Nikhilesh wrote:
> > This script checks for the symbols specified in the map files against
> > the symbols present in the map file directory.
> > Currently, the script checks for map files in drivers and lib directory.
> >
> > Example:
> > ./devtools/check-map.py
> >
> > The following symbols are unused :
> >
> > Map file : /home/pavan/Work/clean/dpdk/drivers/mempool/dpaa/...
> > ['rte_dpaa_pool_table']
> >
> > Map file : /home/pavan/Work/clean/dpdk/drivers/bus/fslmc/...
> > ['qbman_get_version', 'qbman_swp_send_multiple']
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavat...@caviumnetworks.com>
>
> +1 to improve our tools.
>
> Acked-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>
I agree we must have more tools.
I think this check can be a lot simpler as a shell script,
instead of Python. It does not need the list features of Python.
I've run it and I see it does not catch symbols which are renamed
with a prefix. Example:
vfio_get_group_fd became rte_vfio_get_group_fd
