linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kbuild: evaluate cc-option and friends only when building kernel

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Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:27:14 -0700
From:   Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/4] kbuild: evaluate cc-option and friends only when
 building kernel

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> I am still wondering if I should apply this one
> because your cache approach provides much more benefits.
>
> (that is why I prefixed this 4/4 with RFC.)
>
>
> Maybe I will send v2, or maybe not.

I'm not sure I have a strong opinion either way.  In general your idea
makes a lot of sense--no need to do extra work if you don't need to.
It's all a question of how clean / maintainable it will be I guess.

-Doug