1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
index 5b69660a39..3ddcb2ac6d 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/ui/buildinfohelper.py
@@ -982,6 +982,31 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
             pass
         return task_information
 
+    def _get_layer_version_for_dependency(self, pathRE):
+        """ Returns the layer in the toaster db that has a full regex match to the pathRE.
+        pathRE - the layer path passed as a regex in the event. It is created in
+          cooker.py as a collection for the layer priorities.
+        """
+        self._ensure_build()
+
+        def _sort_longest_path(layer_version):
+            assert isinstance(layer_version, Layer_Version)
+            return len(layer_version.local_path)
+
+        # we don't care if we match the trailing slashes
+        p = re.compile(re.sub("/[^/]*?$","",pathRE))
+        # Heuristics: we always match recipe to the deepest layer path in the discovered layers
+        for lvo in sorted(self.orm_wrapper.layer_version_objects, reverse=True, key=_sort_longest_path):
+            if p.fullmatch(lvo.local_path):
+                return lvo
+            if lvo.layer.local_source_dir:
+                if p.fullmatch(lvo.layer.local_source_dir):
+                    return lvo
+        #if we get here, we didn't read layers correctly; dump whatever information we have on the error log
+        logger.warning("Could not match layer dependency for path %s : %s", path, self.orm_wrapper.layer_version_objects)
+
+
+
     def _get_layer_version_for_path(self, path):
         self._ensure_build()
 
@@ -1372,7 +1397,7 @@ class BuildInfoHelper(object):
         if 'layer-priorities' in event._depgraph.keys():
             for lv in event._depgraph['layer-priorities']:
                 (_, path, _, priority) = lv
-                layer_version_obj = self._get_layer_version_for_path(path[1:]) # paths start with a ^
+                layer_version_obj = self._get_layer_version_for_dependency(path)
                 assert layer_version_obj is not None
                 layer_version_obj.priority = priority
                 layer_version_obj.save()