linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm,arm64 - Fix random regeneration of S

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Date:   Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:03:27 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>
Cc:     ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: arm,arm64 - Fix random regeneration of S_shipped

Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com> wrote:
> The decision to rebuild .S_shipped is made based on the relative
> timestamps of .S_shipped and .pl files but git makes this essentially
> random. This means that the perl script might run anyway (usually at
> most once per checkout), defeating the whole purpose of _shipped.
> 
> Fix by skipping the rule unless explicit make variables are provided:
> REGENERATE_ARM_CRYPTO or REGENERATE_ARM64_CRYPTO.
> 
> This can produce nasty occasional build failures downstream, for example
> for toolchains with broken perl. The solution is minimally intrusive to
> make it easier to push into stable.
> 
> Another report on a similar issue here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/8/1379
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@....com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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