linux-kernel - Re: 4.17.x won't boot due to "x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level paging boot if kernel is above 4G"

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Message-ID: <CAEJqkgidhy8da14tkYD7OgUyOzGho43znP+g543_YDHjgRMQSQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jul 2018 19:31:21 +0200
From:   Gabriel C <nix.or.die@...il.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Benjamin Gilbert <bgilbert@...hat.com>,
        linux-x86_64@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        bero@...dev.ch, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: 4.17.x won't boot due to "x86/boot/compressed/64: Handle 5-level
 paging boot if kernel is above 4G"

2018-07-06 18:33 GMT+02:00 Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@...temov.name>:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 04:39:28PM +0200, Gabriel C wrote:
>> > If not, we do not need to think about that case.
>> > Just say "Do not do that".
>>
>> I am sorry but I have a hard time to get your logic here.
>>
>> You are saying : the *env* variable LDFLAGS as well passing
>> LDFLAGS to make , which your build allows should not be use
>> because is for 'internal usage' .. ?
>
> Environment variables do not override make variables. Only passing varible
> assignment as make argument will do this.
>

Still .. When the build system allows to do 'make FOO=bar' and you know
when using that things will break , the build system should be fixed.