1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/examples/include/patchcheck.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/examples/include/patchcheck.conf
index 339d3e1700ff..0eb0a5ac77da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/examples/include/patchcheck.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/examples/include/patchcheck.conf
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
 PATCH_START := HEAD~3
 PATCH_END := HEAD
 
+# Use the oldconfig if build_type wasn't defined
+DEFAULTS IF NOT DEFINED BUILD_TYPE
+DO_BUILD_TYPE := oldconfig
+
+DEFAULTS ELSE
+DO_BUILD_TYPE := ${BUILD_TYPE}
+
+DEFAULTS
+
+
 # Change PATCH_CHECKOUT to be the branch you want to test. The test will
 # do a git checkout of this branch before starting. Obviously both
 # PATCH_START and PATCH_END must be in this branch (and PATCH_START must
@@ -43,6 +53,31 @@ PATCH_TEST_TYPE := boot
 # (space delimited)
 #IGNORE_WARNINGS = 39eaf7ef884dcc44f7ff1bac803ca2a1dcf43544 6edb2a8a385f0cdef51dae37ff23e74d76d8a6ce
 
+# Instead of just checking for warnings to files that are changed
+# it can be advantageous to check for any new warnings. If a
+# header file is changed, it could cause a warning in a file not
+# touched by the commit. To detect these kinds of warnings, you
+# can use the WARNINGS_FILE option.
+#
+# If the variable CREATE_WARNINGS_FILE is set, this config will
+# enable the WARNINGS_FILE during the patchcheck test. Also,
+# before running the patchcheck test, it will create the
+# warnings file.
+#
+DEFAULTS IF DEFINED CREATE_WARNINGS_FILE
+WARNINGS_FILE = ${OUTPUT_DIR}/warnings_file
+
+TEST_START IF DEFINED CREATE_WARNINGS_FILE
+# WARNINGS_FILE is already set by the DEFAULTS above
+TEST_TYPE = make_warnings_file
+# Checkout the commit before the patches to test,
+# and record all the warnings that exist before the patches
+# to test are added
+CHECKOUT = ${PATCHCHECK_START}~1
+# Force a full build
+BUILD_NOCLEAN = 0
+BUILD_TYPE = ${DO_BUILD_TYPE}
+
 # If you are running a multi test, and the test failed on the first
 # test but on, say the 5th patch. If you want to restart on the
 # fifth patch, set PATCH_START1. This will make the first test start
@@ -61,6 +96,7 @@ PATCHCHECK_TYPE = ${PATCH_TEST_TYPE}
 PATCHCHECK_START = ${PATCH_START1}
 PATCHCHECK_END = ${PATCH_END}
 CHECKOUT = ${PATCH_CHECKOUT}
+BUILD_TYPE = ${DO_BUILD_TYPE}
 
 TEST_START IF ${TEST} == patchcheck && ${MULTI}
 TEST_TYPE = patchcheck
@@ -72,3 +108,4 @@ PATCHCHECK_END = ${PATCH_END}
 CHECKOUT = ${PATCH_CHECKOUT}
 # Use multi to test different compilers?
 MAKE_CMD = CC=gcc-4.5.1 make
+BUILD_TYPE = ${DO_BUILD_TYPE}