linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] kbuild: use $(CC_VERSION_TEXT) to evaluate CC_IS_GCC and CC_IS

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Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:48:16 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] kbuild: use $(CC_VERSION_TEXT) to evaluate
 CC_IS_GCC and CC_IS_CLANG

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 11:23:51PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The result of '$(CC) --version | head -n 1' is already computed by the
> top Makefile, and stored in the environment variable, CC_VERSION_TEXT.
> 
> 'echo' is probably less expensive than the two commands $(CC) and
> 'head' although this optimization is not noticeable level.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>