linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disable extra debugging info in .s output

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 1 Feb 2019 10:42:17 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: Disable extra debugging info in .s output

On Fri, Feb 01, 2019 at 12:06:13PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> This would make the build speed slower
> because the compiler is invoked to check those flags in every directory.
> 
> I tested this patch with x86_64_defconfig and GCC 8.2
> (on ubuntu 18.10 in docker)
> but I saw no effect of this patch.

Yes, because that's the .s target which is meant to be used to convert
only a *single* .c file to assembly in order to stare at the resulting
asm. For example:

make arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.s

It is a debugging aid - and a very basic and important one - and is not
usually used during a normal kernel build. AFAIK.

So we shouldn't worry about any slowdowns here.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.