poky: subtree update:23deb29c1b..c67f57c09e

Adrian Bunk (1):
      librsvg: Upgrade 2.40.20 -> 2.40.21

Alejandro Hernandez (1):
      musl: Upgrade to latest release 1.2.1

Alex Kiernan (8):
      systemd: Upgrade v245.6 -> v246
      systemd: Move musl patches to SRC_URI_MUSL
      systemd: Fix path to modules-load.d et al
      nfs-utils: Drop StandardError=syslog from systemd unit
      openssh: Drop StandardError=syslog from systemd unit
      volatile-binds: Drop StandardOutput=syslog from systemd unit
      systemd: Upgrade v246 -> v246.1
      systemd: Upgrade v246.1 -> v246.2

Alexander Kanavin (16):
      sysvinit: update 2.96 -> 2.97
      kbd: update 2.2.0 -> 2.3.0
      gnu-config: update to latest revision
      go: update 1.14.4 -> 1.14.6
      meson: update 0.54.3 -> 0.55.0
      nasm: update 2.14.02 -> 2.15.03
      glib-2.0: correct build with latest meson
      rsync: update 3.2.1 -> 3.2.2
      vala: update 0.48.6 -> 0.48.7
      logrotate: update 3.16.0 -> 3.17.0
      mesa: update 20.1.2 -> 20.1.4
      libcap: update 2.36 -> 2.41
      net-tools: fix upstream version check
      meson.bbclass: add a cups-config entry
      oeqa: write @OETestTag content into json test reports for each case
      libhandy: upstream has moved to gnome

Alistair Francis (1):
      binutils: Remove RISC-V PIE patch

Andrei Gherzan (2):
      initscripts: Fix various shellcheck warnings in populate-volatile.sh
      initscripts: Fix populate-volatile.sh bug when file/dir exists

Anuj Mittal (4):
      harfbuzz: upgrade 2.6.8 -> 2.7.1
      sqlite3: upgrade 3.32.3 -> 3.33.0
      stress-ng: upgrade 0.11.17 -> 0.11.18
      x264: upgrade to latest revision

Armin Kuster (1):
      glibc: Secruity fix for CVE-2020-6096

Bruce Ashfield (25):
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.53
      linux-yocto/5.4: fix perf build with binutils 2.35
      kernel/yocto: allow dangling KERNEL_FEATURES
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.54
      systemtap: update to 4.3 latest
      kernel-devsrc: fix x86 (32bit) on target module build
      lttng-modules: update to 2.12.2 (fixes v5.8+ builds)
      yocto-bsps: update reference BSPs to 5.4.54
      kernel-yocto: enhance configuration queue analysis capabilities
      strace: update to 5.8 (fix build against v5.8 uapi headers)
      linux-yocto-rt/5.4: update to rt32
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.56
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.57
      kernel-yocto: set cwd before querying the meta data dir
      kernel-yocto: make # is not set matching more precise
      kernel-yocto: split meta data gathering into patch and config phases
      make-mod-scripts: add HOSTCXX definitions and gmp-native dependency
      kernel-devsrc: fix on target modules prepare for ARM
      kernel-devsrc: 5.8 + gcc10 require gcc-plugins + libmpc-dev
      linux-yocto/5.4: update to v5.4.58
      linux-yocto/5.4: perf cs-etm: Move definition of 'traceid_list' global variable from header file
      libc-headers: update to v5.8
      linux-yocto: introduce 5.8 reference kernel
      kernel-yocto/5.8: add gmp-native dependency
      linux-yocto/5.8: update to v5.8.1

Chandana kalluri (1):
      qemu.inc: Use virtual/libgl instead of mesa

Changhyeok Bae (2):
      iproute2: upgrade 5.7.0 -> 5.8.0
      ethtool: upgrade 5.7 -> 5.8

Changqing Li (5):
      layer.conf: fix adwaita-icon-theme signature change problem
      gtk-icon-cache.bbclass: add features_check
      gcc-runtime.inc: fix m32 compile fail with x86-64 compiler
      libffi: fix multilib header conflict
      gpgme: fix multilib header conflict

Chen Qi (3):
      grub: set CVE_PRODUCT to grub2
      runqemu: fix permission check of /dev/vhost-net
      fribidi: extend CVE_PRODUCT to include fribidi

Chris Laplante (11):
      lib/oe/log_colorizer.py: add LogColorizerProxyProgressHandler
      bitbake: build: print traceback if progress handler can't be created
      bitbake: build: create_progress_handler: fix calling 'get' on NoneType
      bitbake: progress: modernize syntax, format
      bitbake: progress: fix hypothetical NameError if 'progress' isn't set
      bitbake: progress: filter ANSI escape codes before looking for progress text
      bitbake: tests/color: add test suite for ANSI color code filtering
      bitbake: data: emit filename/lineno information for shell functions
      bitbake: build: print a backtrace when a Bash shell function fails
      bitbake: build: print a backtrace with the original metadata locations of Bash shell funcs
      bitbake: build: make shell traps less chatty when 'bitbake -v' is used

Dan Callaghan (1):
      stress-ng: create a symlink for /usr/bin/stress

Daniel Ammann (1):
      wic: fix typo

Daniel Gomez (1):
      allarch: Add missing allarch ttf-bitstream-vera

Diego Sueiro (1):
      cml1: Add the option to choose the .config root dir

Dmitry Baryshkov (3):
      mesa: enable freedreno Vulkan driver if freedreno is enabled
      arch-armv8-2a.inc: add tune include for armv8.2a
      tune-cortexa55.inc: switch to using armv8.2a include file

Fredrik Gustafsson (13):
      package_manager: Move to package_manager/__init__.py
      rpm: Move manifest to its own subdir
      ipk: Move ipk manifest to its own subdir
      deb: Move deb manifest to its own subdir
      rpm: Move rootfs to its own dir
      ipk: Move rootfs to its own dir
      deb: Move rootfs to its own dir
      rpm: Move sdk to its own dir
      ipk: Move sdk to its own dir
      deb: Move sdk to its own dir
      rpm: Move package manager to its own dir
      ipk: Move package manager to its own dir
      deb: Move package manager to its own dir

Guillaume Champagne (1):
      weston: add missing packageconfigs

Jeremy Puhlman (1):
      gobject-introspection: disable scanner caching in install

Joe Slater (3):
      libdnf: allow reproducible binary builds
      gconf: use python3
      gcr: make sure gcr-oids.h is generated

Jonathan Richardson (1):
      cortex-m0plus.inc: Add tuning for cortex M0 plus

Joshua Watt (3):
      bitbake: bitbake: command: Handle multiconfig in findSigInfo
      lib/oe/reproducible.py: Fix git HEAD check
      perl: Add check for non-arch Storable.pm file

Khasim Mohammed (2):
      wic/bootimg-efi: Add support for IMAGE_BOOT_FILES
      wic/bootimg-efi: Update docs for IMAGE_BOOT_FILES support in bootimg-efi

Khem Raj (23):
      qemumips: Use 34Kf CPU emulation
      libunwind: Backport a fix for -fno-common option to compile
      dhcp: Use -fcommon compiler option
      inetutils: Fix build with -fno-common
      libomxil: Use -fcommon compiler option
      kexec-tools: Fix build with -fno-common
      distcc: Fix build with -fno-common
      libacpi: Fix build with -fno-common
      minicom: Fix build when using -fno-common
      binutils: Upgrade to 2.35 release
      xf86-video-intel: Fix build with -fno-common
      glibc: Upgrade to 2.32 release
      go: Upgrade to 1.14.7
      webkitgtk: Upgrade to 2.28.4
      kexec-tools: Fix additional duplicate symbols on aarch64/x86_64 builds
      gcc: Upgrade to 10.2.0
      buildcpio.py: Apply patch to fix build with -fno-common
      buildgalculator: Patch to fix build with -fno-common
      localedef: Update to include floatn.h fix
      xserver-xorg: Fix build with -fno-common/mips
      binutils: Let crosssdk gold linker generate 4096 btyes long .interp section
      gcc-cross-canadian: Correct the regexp to delete versioned gcc binary
      curl: Upgrade to 7.72.0

Konrad Weihmann (2):
      rootfs-post: remove traling blanks from tasks
      cve-update: handle baseMetricV2 as optional

Lee Chee Yang (4):
      buildhistory: use pid for temporary txt file name
      checklayer: check layer in BBLAYERS before test
      ghostscript: fix CVE-2020-15900
      qemu : fix CVE-2020-15863

Mark Hatle (1):
      package.bbclass: Sort shlib2 output for hash equivalency

Martin Jansa (2):
      net-tools: upgrade to latest revision in upstream repo instead of old debian snapshot
      perf: backport a fix for confusing non-fatal error

Matt Madison (1):
      cogl-1.0: correct X11 dependencies

Matthew (3):
      ltp: remove --with-power-management-testsuite from EXTRA_OECONF
      ltp: remove OOM tests from runtest/mm
      ltp: make copyFrom scp command non-fatal

Mikko Rapeli (2):
      alsa-topology-conf: use ${datadir} in do_install()
      alsa-ucm-conf: use ${datadir} in do_install()

Ming Liu (3):
      conf/machine: set UBOOT_MACHINE for qemumips and qemumips64
      multilib.conf: add u-boot to NON_MULTILIB_RECIPES
      libubootenv: uprev to v0.3

Mingli Yu (2):
      ccache: Upgrade to 3.7.11
      Revert "python3: define a profile directory path"

Naoto Yamaguchi (1):
      patch.py: Change to more strictly fuzz detection

Nathan Rossi (4):
      libexif: Enable native and nativesdk
      cmake.bbclass: Rework compiler program variables for allarch
      python3: Improve handling of python3 manifest generation
      python3-manifest.json: Updates

Oleksandr Kravchuk (9):
      python3-setuptools: update to 49.2.0
      bash-completion: update to 2.11
      python3: update to 3.8.5
      re2c: update to 2.0
      diffoscope: update to 153
      json-c: update to 0.15
      git: update 2.28.0
      libwpe: update to 1.7.1
      python3-setuptools: update to 49.3.1

Richard Purdie (20):
      perl: Avoid race continually rebuilding miniperl
      gcc: Fix mangled patch
      bitbake: server/process: Fix UI first connection tracking
      bitbake: server/process: Account for xmlrpc connections
      Revert "lib/oe/log_colorizer.py: add LogColorizerProxyProgressHandler"
      lib/package_manager: Fix missing imports
      populate_sdk_ext: Ensure buildtools doesn't corrupt OECORE_NATIVE_SYSROOT
      buildtools: Handle generic environment setup injection
      uninative: Handle PREMIRRORS generically
      maintainers: Update entries for Mark Hatle
      gcr: Fix patch Upstream-Status from v2 patch
      bitbake: server/process: Remove pointless process forking
      bitbake: server/process: Simplfy idle callback handler function
      bitbake: server/process: Pass timeout/xmlrpc parameters directly to the server
      bitbake: server/process: Add extra logfile flushing
      packagefeed-stability: Remove as obsolete
      build-compare: Drop recipe
      qemu: Upgrade 5.0.0 -> 5.1.0
      selftest/tinfoil: Increase wait event timeout
      lttng-tools: upgrade 2.12.1 -> 2.12.2

Ross Burton (3):
      popt: upgrade to 1.18
      conf/machine: set UBOOT_MACHINE for qemuarm and qemuarm64
      gcc: backport a fix for out-of-line atomics on aarch64

TeohJayShen (2):
      oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json : remove shutdown_system test
      oeqa/manual/bsp-hw.json : remove X_server_can_start_up_with_runlevel_5_boot test

Trevor Gamblin (1):
      llvm: upgrade 9.0.1 -> 10.0.1

Tyler Hicks (1):
      kernel-devicetree: Fix intermittent build failures caused by DTB builds

Usama Arif (3):
      kernel-fitimage: build configuration for image tree when dtb is not present
      oeqa/selftest/imagefeatures: Add testcase for fitImage
      ref-manual: Add documentation for kernel-fitimage

Vasyl Vavrychuk (1):
      runqemu: Check gtk or sdl option is passed together with gl or gl-es options.

Yi Zhao (1):
      pbzip2: extend for nativesdk

Zhang Qiang (1):
      kernel.bbclass: Configuration for environment with HOSTCXX

hongxu (1):
      nativesdk-rpm: adjust RPM_CONFIGDIR paths dynamically

zangrc (8):
      libevdev:upgrade 1.9.0 -> 1.9.1
      mpg123:upgrade 1.26.2 -> 1.26.3
      flex: Refresh patch
      stress-ng:upgrade 0.11.15 -> 0.11.17
      sudo:upgrade 1.9.1 -> 1.9.2
      libcap: Upgrade 2.41 -> 2.42
      libinput: Upgrade 1.15.6 -> 1.16.0
      python3-setuptools: Upgrade 49.2.0 -> 49.2.1

Signed-off-by: Andrew Geissler <geissonator@yahoo.com>
Change-Id: Ic7fa1e8484c1c7722a70c75608aa4ab21fa7d755
diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
index 3311f6e..96ea612 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/kernel-yocto.bbclass
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@
 
 do_kernel_metadata() {
 	set +e
+
+	if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+		mode="$1"
+	else
+		mode="patch"
+	fi
+
 	cd ${S}
 	export KMETA=${KMETA}
 
@@ -120,14 +127,13 @@
 	if [ -n "${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG}" ]; then
 		if [ -f "${S}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG}" ]; then
 			if [ -f "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" ]; then
-				# If the two defconfig's are different, warn that we didn't overwrite the
-				# one already placed in WORKDIR by the fetcher.
+				# If the two defconfig's are different, warn that we overwrote the
+				# one already placed in WORKDIR
 				cmp "${WORKDIR}/defconfig" "${S}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG}"
 				if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-					bbwarn "defconfig detected in WORKDIR. ${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG} skipped"
-				else
-					cp -f ${S}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
+					bbdebug 1 "detected SRC_URI or unpatched defconfig in WORKDIR. ${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG} copied over it"
 				fi
+				cp -f ${S}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
 			else
 				cp -f ${S}/arch/${ARCH}/configs/${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG} ${WORKDIR}/defconfig
 			fi
@@ -137,17 +143,19 @@
 		fi
 	fi
 
-	# was anyone trying to patch the kernel meta data ?, we need to do
-	# this here, since the scc commands migrate the .cfg fragments to the
-	# kernel source tree, where they'll be used later.
-	check_git_config
-	patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d,'kernel-meta'))}"
-	for p in $patches; do
-	    (
-		cd ${WORKDIR}/kernel-meta
-		git am -s $p
-	    )
-	done
+	if [ "$mode" = "patch" ]; then
+		# was anyone trying to patch the kernel meta data ?, we need to do
+		# this here, since the scc commands migrate the .cfg fragments to the
+		# kernel source tree, where they'll be used later.
+		check_git_config
+		patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d,'kernel-meta'))}"
+		for p in $patches; do
+		    (
+			cd ${WORKDIR}/kernel-meta
+			git am -s $p
+		    )
+		done
+	fi
 
 	sccs_from_src_uri="${@" ".join(find_sccs(d))}"
 	patches="${@" ".join(find_patches(d,''))}"
@@ -212,13 +220,40 @@
 	fi
 	meta_dir=$(kgit --meta)
 
-	# run1: pull all the configuration fragments, no matter where they come from
-	elements="`echo -n ${bsp_definition} $sccs_defconfig ${sccs} ${patches} ${KERNEL_FEATURES}`"
-	if [ -n "${elements}" ]; then
-		echo "${bsp_definition}" > ${S}/${meta_dir}/bsp_definition
-		scc --force -o ${S}/${meta_dir}:cfg,merge,meta ${includes} $sccs_defconfig $bsp_definition $sccs $patches ${KERNEL_FEATURES}
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-			bbfatal_log "Could not generate configuration queue for ${KMACHINE}."
+	KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL=""
+	if [ -n "${KERNEL_FEATURES}" ]; then
+		for feature in ${KERNEL_FEATURES}; do
+			feature_found=f
+			for d in $includes; do
+				path_to_check=$(echo $d | sed 's/-I//g')
+				if [ "$feature_found" = "f" ] && [ -e "$path_to_check/$feature" ]; then
+				    feature_found=t
+				fi
+			done
+			if [ "$feature_found" = "f" ]; then
+				if [ -n "${KERNEL_DANGLING_FEATURES_WARN_ONLY}" ]; then
+				    bbwarn "Feature '$feature' not found, but KERNEL_DANGLING_FEATURES_WARN_ONLY is set"
+				    bbwarn "This may cause runtime issues, dropping feature and allowing configuration to continue"
+				else
+				    bberror "Feature '$feature' not found, this will cause configuration failures."
+				    bberror "Check the SRC_URI for meta-data repositories or directories that may be missing"
+				    bbfatal_log "Set KERNEL_DANGLING_FEATURES_WARN_ONLY to ignore this issue"
+				fi
+			else
+				KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL="$KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL $feature"
+			fi
+		done
+        fi
+
+	if [ "$mode" = "config" ]; then
+		# run1: pull all the configuration fragments, no matter where they come from
+		elements="`echo -n ${bsp_definition} $sccs_defconfig ${sccs} ${patches} $KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL`"
+		if [ -n "${elements}" ]; then
+			echo "${bsp_definition}" > ${S}/${meta_dir}/bsp_definition
+			scc --force -o ${S}/${meta_dir}:cfg,merge,meta ${includes} $sccs_defconfig $bsp_definition $sccs $patches $KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				bbfatal_log "Could not generate configuration queue for ${KMACHINE}."
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 
@@ -229,12 +264,14 @@
 		sccs="${bsp_definition} ${sccs}"
 	fi
 
-	# run2: only generate patches for elements that have been passed on the SRC_URI
-	elements="`echo -n ${sccs} ${patches} ${KERNEL_FEATURES}`"
-	if [ -n "${elements}" ]; then
-		scc --force -o ${S}/${meta_dir}:patch --cmds patch ${includes} ${sccs} ${patches} ${KERNEL_FEATURES}
-		if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-			bbfatal_log "Could not generate configuration queue for ${KMACHINE}."
+	if [ "$mode" = "patch" ]; then
+		# run2: only generate patches for elements that have been passed on the SRC_URI
+		elements="`echo -n ${sccs} ${patches} $KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL`"
+		if [ -n "${elements}" ]; then
+			scc --force -o ${S}/${meta_dir}:patch --cmds patch ${includes} ${sccs} ${patches} $KERNEL_FEATURES_FINAL
+			if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+				bbfatal_log "Could not generate configuration queue for ${KMACHINE}."
+			fi
 		fi
 	fi
 }
@@ -338,6 +375,8 @@
 do_kernel_configme[depends] += "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 do_kernel_configme[dirs] += "${S} ${B}"
 do_kernel_configme() {
+	do_kernel_metadata config
+
 	# translate the kconfig_mode into something that merge_config.sh
 	# understands
 	case ${KCONFIG_MODE} in
@@ -380,6 +419,67 @@
 }
 
 addtask kernel_configme before do_configure after do_patch
+addtask config_analysis
+
+do_config_analysis[depends] = "virtual/kernel:do_configure"
+do_config_analysis[depends] += "kern-tools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+
+CONFIG_AUDIT_FILE ?= "${WORKDIR}/config-audit.txt"
+CONFIG_ANALYSIS_FILE ?= "${WORKDIR}/config-analysis.txt"
+
+python do_config_analysis() {
+    import re, string, sys, subprocess
+
+    s = d.getVar('S')
+
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env['PATH'] = "%s:%s%s" % (d.getVar('PATH'), s, "/scripts/util/")
+    env['LD'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_LD')
+    env['CC'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC')
+    env['ARCH'] = d.getVar('ARCH')
+    env['srctree'] = s
+
+    # read specific symbols from the kernel recipe or from local.conf
+    # i.e.: CONFIG_ANALYSIS_pn-linux-yocto-dev = 'NF_CONNTRACK LOCALVERSION'
+    config = d.getVar( 'CONFIG_ANALYSIS' )
+    if not config:
+       config = [ "" ]
+    else:
+       config = config.split()
+
+    for c in config:
+        for action in ["analysis","audit"]:
+            if action == "analysis":
+                try:
+                    analysis = subprocess.check_output(['symbol_why.py', '--dotconfig',  '{}'.format( d.getVar('B') + '/.config' ), '--blame', c], cwd=s, env=env ).decode('utf-8')
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                    bb.fatal( "config analysis failed: %s" % e.output.decode('utf-8'))
+
+                outfile = d.getVar( 'CONFIG_ANALYSIS_FILE' )
+
+            if action == "audit":
+                try:
+                    analysis = subprocess.check_output(['symbol_why.py', '--dotconfig',  '{}'.format( d.getVar('B') + '/.config' ), '--summary', '--extended', '--sanity', c], cwd=s, env=env ).decode('utf-8')
+                except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+                    bb.fatal( "config analysis failed: %s" % e.output.decode('utf-8'))
+
+                outfile = d.getVar( 'CONFIG_AUDIT_FILE' )
+
+            if c:
+                outdir = os.path.dirname( outfile )
+                outname = os.path.basename( outfile )
+                outfile = outdir + '/'+ c + '-' + outname
+
+            if config and os.path.isfile(outfile):
+                os.remove(outfile)
+
+            with open(outfile, 'w+') as f:
+                f.write( analysis )
+
+            bb.warn( "Configuration {} executed, see: {} for details".format(action,outfile ))
+            if c:
+                bb.warn( analysis )
+}
 
 python do_kernel_configcheck() {
     import re, string, sys, subprocess
@@ -389,57 +489,89 @@
     # meta-series for processing
     kmeta = d.getVar("KMETA") or "meta"
     if not os.path.exists(kmeta):
-        kmeta = "." + kmeta
+        kmeta = subprocess.check_output(['kgit', '--meta'], cwd=d.getVar('S')).decode('utf-8').rstrip()
 
     s = d.getVar('S')
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env['PATH'] = "%s:%s%s" % (d.getVar('PATH'), s, "/scripts/util/")
-    env['LD'] = "${KERNEL_LD}"
+    env['LD'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_LD')
+    env['CC'] = d.getVar('KERNEL_CC')
+    env['ARCH'] = d.getVar('ARCH')
+    env['srctree'] = s
 
     try:
         configs = subprocess.check_output(['scc', '--configs', '-o', s + '/.kernel-meta'], env=env).decode('utf-8')
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
         bb.fatal( "Cannot gather config fragments for audit: %s" % e.output.decode("utf-8") )
 
-    try:
-        subprocess.check_call(['kconf_check', '--report', '-o',
-                '%s/%s/cfg' % (s, kmeta), d.getVar('B') + '/.config', s, configs], cwd=s, env=env)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        # The configuration gathering can return different exit codes, but
-        # we interpret them based on the KCONF_AUDIT_LEVEL variable, so we catch
-        # everything here, and let the run continue.
-        pass
-
     config_check_visibility = int(d.getVar("KCONF_AUDIT_LEVEL") or 0)
     bsp_check_visibility = int(d.getVar("KCONF_BSP_AUDIT_LEVEL") or 0)
 
-    # if config check visibility is non-zero, report dropped configuration values
-    mismatch_file = d.expand("${S}/%s/cfg/mismatch.txt" % kmeta)
-    if os.path.exists(mismatch_file):
-        if config_check_visibility:
-            with open (mismatch_file, "r") as myfile:
+    # if config check visibility is "1", that's the lowest level of audit. So
+    # we add the --classify option to the run, since classification will
+    # streamline the output to only report options that could be boot issues,
+    # or are otherwise required for proper operation.
+    extra_params = ""
+    if config_check_visibility == 1:
+       extra_params = "--classify"
+
+    # category #1: mismatches
+    try:
+        analysis = subprocess.check_output(['symbol_why.py', '--dotconfig',  '{}'.format( d.getVar('B') + '/.config' ), '--mismatches', extra_params], cwd=s, env=env ).decode('utf-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.fatal( "config analysis failed: %s" % e.output.decode('utf-8'))
+
+    if analysis:
+        outfile = "{}/{}/cfg/mismatch.txt".format( s, kmeta )
+        if os.path.isfile(outfile):
+           os.remove(outfile)
+        with open(outfile, 'w+') as f:
+            f.write( analysis )
+
+        if config_check_visibility and os.stat(outfile).st_size > 0:
+            with open (outfile, "r") as myfile:
                 results = myfile.read()
                 bb.warn( "[kernel config]: specified values did not make it into the kernel's final configuration:\n\n%s" % results)
 
-    if bsp_check_visibility:
-        invalid_file = d.expand("${S}/%s/cfg/invalid.cfg" % kmeta)
-        if os.path.exists(invalid_file) and os.stat(invalid_file).st_size > 0:
-            with open (invalid_file, "r") as myfile:
-                results = myfile.read()
-                bb.warn( "[kernel config]: This BSP sets config options that are not offered anywhere within this kernel:\n\n%s" % results)
-        errors_file = d.expand("${S}/%s/cfg/fragment_errors.txt" % kmeta)
-        if os.path.exists(errors_file) and os.stat(errors_file).st_size > 0:
-            with open (errors_file, "r") as myfile:
-               results = myfile.read()
-               bb.warn( "[kernel config]: This BSP contains fragments with errors:\n\n%s" % results)
+    # category #2: invalid fragment elements
+    extra_params = ""
+    if bsp_check_visibility > 1:
+        extra_params = "--strict"
+    try:
+        analysis = subprocess.check_output(['symbol_why.py', '--dotconfig',  '{}'.format( d.getVar('B') + '/.config' ), '--invalid', extra_params], cwd=s, env=env ).decode('utf-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.fatal( "config analysis failed: %s" % e.output.decode('utf-8'))
 
-    # if the audit level is greater than two, we report if a fragment has overriden
-    # a value from a base fragment. This is really only used for new kernel introduction
-    if bsp_check_visibility > 2:
-        redefinition_file = d.expand("${S}/%s/cfg/redefinition.txt" % kmeta)
-        if os.path.exists(redefinition_file) and os.stat(redefinition_file).st_size > 0:
-            with open (redefinition_file, "r") as myfile:
+    if analysis:
+        outfile = "{}/{}/cfg/invalid.txt".format(s,kmeta)
+        if os.path.isfile(outfile):
+           os.remove(outfile)
+        with open(outfile, 'w+') as f:
+            f.write( analysis )
+
+        if bsp_check_visibility and os.stat(outfile).st_size > 0:
+            with open (outfile, "r") as myfile:
+               results = myfile.read()
+               bb.warn( "[kernel config]: This BSP contains fragments with warnings:\n\n%s" % results)
+
+    # category #3: redefined options (this is pretty verbose and is debug only)
+    try:
+        analysis = subprocess.check_output(['symbol_why.py', '--dotconfig',  '{}'.format( d.getVar('B') + '/.config' ), '--sanity'], cwd=s, env=env ).decode('utf-8')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        bb.fatal( "config analysis failed: %s" % e.output.decode('utf-8'))
+
+    if analysis:
+        outfile = "{}/{}/cfg/redefinition.txt".format(s,kmeta)
+        if os.path.isfile(outfile):
+           os.remove(outfile)
+        with open(outfile, 'w+') as f:
+            f.write( analysis )
+
+        # if the audit level is greater than two, we report if a fragment has overriden
+        # a value from a base fragment. This is really only used for new kernel introduction
+        if bsp_check_visibility > 2 and os.stat(outfile).st_size > 0:
+            with open (outfile, "r") as myfile:
                 results = myfile.read()
                 bb.warn( "[kernel config]: This BSP has configuration options defined in more than one config, with differing values:\n\n%s" % results)
 }