Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] ansible.cfg: generate an ansible.cfg file in TOPDIR

Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.kdevops
Organization kernel.org
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 8/29/25 7:23 AM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 04:28:27PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> From: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
>>
>> I need an ansible.cfg that is generated by the Kconfig menu, but
>> whose pathname is selected dynamically based on where kdevops is
>> being run rather than having that path baked into the .config.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  Makefile                     |  8 ++++++++
>>  kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_cfg | 12 ++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>> index b6fdbe67fc07..b014faa5632e 100644
>> --- a/Makefile
>> +++ b/Makefile
>> @@ -27,10 +27,15 @@ KDEVOPS_NODES_ROLE_TEMPLATE_DIR :=		$(KDEVOPS_PLAYBOOKS_DIR)/roles/gen_nodes/tem
>>  export KDEVOPS_NODES_TEMPLATE :=
>>  export KDEVOPS_MRPROPER :=
>>  
>> +ifeq (y,$(CONFIG_ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE_DEFAULT))
>> +ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE := $(TOPDIR_PATH)/ansible.cfg
>> +export ANSIBLE_CONFIG := $(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE)
>> +else
>>  ifneq ($(strip $(CONFIG_ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE)),)
>>  ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE := $(shell echo $(CONFIG_ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE) | tr --delete '"')
>>  export ANSIBLE_CONFIG := $(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE)
>>  endif
>> +endif
>>  ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_FILE := $(shell echo $(CONFIG_ANSIBLE_CFG_INVENTORY) | tr --delete '"')
>>  
>>  KDEVOPS_INSTALL_TARGETS :=
>> @@ -86,6 +91,9 @@ CFLAGS += $(INCLUDES)
>>  ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS += kdevops_version='$(PROJECTRELEASE)'
>>  ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS += topdir_path_has_sha256sum='$(TOPDIR_PATH_HAS_SHA256SUM)'
>>  ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS += topdir_path_sha256sum='$(TOPDIR_PATH_SHA256SUM)'
>> +ifeq (y,$(CONFIG_ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE_DEFAULT))
>> +ANSIBLE_EXTRA_ARGS += ansible_cfg_file='$(ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE)'
>> +endif
>>  
>>  export KDEVOPS_HOSTS_TEMPLATE := hosts.j2
>>  
>> diff --git a/kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_cfg b/kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_cfg
>> index dbd189f5d19e..a44f760912cf 100644
>> --- a/kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_cfg
>> +++ b/kconfigs/Kconfig.ansible_cfg
>> @@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ config ANSIBLE_CFG_INVENTORY_SET_BY_CLI
>>  	bool
>>  	default $(shell, scripts/check-cli-set-var.sh KDEVOPS_HOSTS)
>>  
>> +config ANSIBLE_CFG_FILE_DEFAULT
>> +	bool "Use a sensible default location for the ansible.cfg file"
> 
>> +	default N
> 
> defaults are always n, so this line can be removed.
> 
>> +	help
>> +	  When this option is set to Y, kdevops creates an ansible.cfg
>> +	  in a sensible default location, using the settings defined
>> +	  in this Kconfig menu.
> 
> Why would we not want this by default?

Because N matches the current behavior.

But I would prefer Y, actually.


-- 
Chuck Lever
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