linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 16/21] kcov: imply GCC_PLUGINS and GCC_PLUGIN

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:25:37 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        "Luis R . Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/21] kcov: imply GCC_PLUGINS and GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV
 instead of select'ing them

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 10:29 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> As Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt notes, 'select' should be
> used with care - it forces a lower limit of another symbol, ignoring
> the dependency.  In this case, KCOV can select GCC_PLUGINS even if
> 'depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS' is unmet.
>
> 'imply' is modest enough to observe the dependency, and this makes
> sense.  If you enable KCOV, you will probably want to enable
> GCC_PLUGIN_SANCOV, but it should not break the dependency.
>
> I also remove unneeded code, I just happened to notice.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security