linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] samples: disable CONFIG

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Message-ID: <2024081.XhWFmWp6tJ@blindfold>
Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:21:22 +0200
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
        linux-um@...ts.infradead.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] samples: disable CONFIG_SAMPLES for UML

Am Dienstag, 18. September 2018, 05:58:33 CEST schrieb Masahiro Yamada:
> Some samples require headers installation, so commit 3fca1700c4c3
> ("kbuild: make samples really depend on headers_install") added
> such dependency in the top Makefile.  However, UML fails to build
> with CONFIG_SAMPLES=y because UML does not support headers_install.
> 
> Fixes: 3fca1700c4c3 ("kbuild: make samples really depend on headers_install")
> Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Is there anything UML can do better?
Not sure whether an arch like is supposed to install headers at all,
I guess no. :)

Thanks,
//richard