linux-kernel - Re: [rfc] built-in native compiler for Linux?

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Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:52:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [rfc] built-in native compiler for Linux?

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

> If this was about teaching sparse to run lockdep at compile time, or
> generally about making the kernel compilation much faster and able to
> catch many more bugs there might be a point where the effort is worth
> the investment.

The preprocessor and its interaction with regular C code is quite
nasty. If sparse could get rid of the complexities and idiosyncrasies at
that level then it may be useful as a "pre" compiler.

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