linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: vdso: Don't use gcc plugins for building vgettimeofday.c

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:56:54 +0300
From:   Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: vdso: Don't use gcc plugins for building
 vgettimeofday.c

On 24.06.2020 15:52, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:33:27PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
>> Don't use gcc plugins for building arch/arm/vdso/vgettimeofday.c to
>> avoid unneeded instrumentation.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
> 
> But why is skipping it safe?

Hello Luis,

Kees and Will discussed that in detail in v1 of the series:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200610073046.GA15939@willie-the-truck/

Best regards,
Alexander