linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] objtool: use global host flags for compilation

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Date:   Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:55:23 +0100
From:   Robin Jarry <robin.jarry@...nd.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] objtool: use global host flags for compilation

2018-02-27, Josh Poimboeuf:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 07:41:48PM +0100, Robin Jarry wrote:
[snip]
> >  ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
> >    has_libelf := $(call try-run,\
> > -		echo "int main() {}" | $(HOSTCC) -xc -o /dev/null -lelf -,1,0)
> > +	echo "int main() {}" | $(HOSTCC) $(HOSTLDFLAGS) -xc -o /dev/null -lelf -,1,0)
> 
> This should probably also have HOSTCFLAGS, since the objtool makefile
> uses it as well.

I had intentionally omitted HOSTCFLAGS since the compiled code does not
contain any #include statements (only -lelf). But adding them cannot
hurt.

-- 
Robin