On Wed, 25 Nov 2020, Sumera Priyadarsini wrote: > The command "make coccicheck C=1 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck" results in the > error: > ./scripts/coccicheck: line 65: -1: shift count out of range > > This happens because every time the C variable is specified, > the shell arguments need to be "shifted" in order to take only > the last argument, which is the C file to test. These shell arguments > mostly comprise flags that have been set in the Makefile. However, > when coccicheck is specified in the make command as a rule, the > number of shell arguments is zero, thus passing the invalid value -1 > to the shift command, resulting in an error. > > Modify coccicheck to print correct usage of make coccicheck so as to > avoid the error. Applied, thanks. julia > > Signed-off-by: Sumera Priyadarsini <sylphrena...@gmail.com> > --- > Changes in v2: > - Move test to only display error message > > Changes in v3: > - Update example with latest file > --- > scripts/coccicheck | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck > index 209bb0427b43..d1aaa1dc0a69 100755 > --- a/scripts/coccicheck > +++ b/scripts/coccicheck > @@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ COCCIINCLUDE=${COCCIINCLUDE// -include/ --include} > if [ "$C" = "1" -o "$C" = "2" ]; then > ONLINE=1 > > + if [[ $# -le 0 ]]; then > + echo '' > + echo 'Specifying both the variable "C" and rule "coccicheck" in the > make > +command results in a shift count error.' > + echo '' > + echo 'Try specifying "scripts/coccicheck" as a value for the CHECK > variable instead.' > + echo '' > + echo 'Example: make C=2 CHECK=scripts/coccicheck > drivers/net/ethernet/ethoc.o' > + echo '' > + exit 1 > + fi > + > # Take only the last argument, which is the C file to test > shift $(( $# - 1 )) > OPTIONS="$COCCIINCLUDE $1" > -- > 2.25.1 > > _______________________________________________ > Cocci mailing list > co...@systeme.lip6.fr > https://systeme.lip6.fr/mailman/listinfo/cocci >