linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: require GCC

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Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2018 13:10:52 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>, Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: require GCC

On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 12:38 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
> 2018-08-11 18:48 GMT+09:00 Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>:
>> Unsurprisingly GCC plugins require GCC as a compiler. This avoids
>> GCC plugins being selectable when using clang.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
>> ---
>>  arch/Kconfig | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
>> index 1aa59063f1fd..8c693a837ed7 100644
>> --- a/arch/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/Kconfig
>> @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ config HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
>>
>>  menuconfig GCC_PLUGINS
>>         bool "GCC plugins"
>> -       depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS
>> +       depends on HAVE_GCC_PLUGINS && CC_IS_GCC
>>         depends on PLUGIN_HOSTCC != ""
>>         help
>>           GCC plugins are loadable modules that provide extra features to the
>> --
>> 2.18.0
>>
>
> I guess the more correct way is to fix
> scripts/gcc-plugin.sh
>
> This shell script should exit 0
> only when GCC plugin is supported.

I'm of two minds: we already have the gcc test in Kconfig so we might
want to avoid redundant checks, but maybe the script should be a
"complete" test. I guess the latter. I will send a patch.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook
Pixel Security