linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Disable GCC plugins for compile test builds

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=whKEuQQh2JymabBQLrLs=pEfx0qYVmUnYZRq_tOFj90sA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:42:19 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>, 
	Günther Noack <gnoack@...gle.com>, 
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Disable GCC plugins for compile test builds

On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 10:29, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Sadly it seems like the build bots didn't find it, or at least if they
> found it they didn't identify it well enough to end up with reporting
> the issue to someone who'd fix it.

I wouldn't be entirely surpised if a lot of the build bots end up
running old distros (because "enterprise").

So this is presumably only happening with certain compiler versions,
and I expect the build bots have a fairly small set of compilers they
end up testing.

            Linus