linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Kbuild updates for 4.18 (2nd round)

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 03:15:45 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Kbuild updates for 4.18 (2nd round)

Hi Linus,

2018-06-14 2:49 GMT+09:00 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:29 AM Masahiro Yamada
> <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>>
>> I cannot come up with a name better than CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG.
>
> How about just calling it STACKPROTETOR_STRONG and leaving it at that?

Good idea!

> Make the "CC_HAVE_xyz" model for compiler feature tests, but when
> actually picking an actual option, it's not really about the compiler
> any more, except in the sense that it depends on it.

I agree.

I just respected the original naming,
but CC_ is not sensible any more.


> I guess we could leave the CC_STACKPROTECTOR option as-is, just
> because it apparently has a lot of small uses in actual code too, but
> there is absolutely nothing that uses CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
> outside of the actual compiler option choice (and config files)

I agree to rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG to STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG.
But, I'd like to rename CC_STACKPROTECTOR to STACKPROTECTOR as well.

I guess 30 lines or so in the C code usage.

Could you run sed directly in your tree?



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada