linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: rebuild GCC plugins when the compiler is upgraded

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQDbhzi5s8iaqVSV82v8n-+0a=XB3-8wg=Nu41XyRETvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:44:46 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frank Eigler <fche@...hat.com>,
        Justin Forbes <jforbes@...hat.com>,
        Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: rebuild GCC plugins when the compiler is upgraded

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 5:31 AM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 08:50:59PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> > > Is this a bad coding contest?
> > >
> > > I am not asking you to add ugly ifeq or whatever
> > > hacks to say "this worked for me".
> > >
> > > Please feel free to do this in the fedora kernel,
> > > but do not send it to upstream.
> > >
> > > Sorry, I really do not want to see hacks like this any more.
>
> Masahiro,
>
> Ping.  Do you have a better approach for building GCC plugins in the
> external module directory?


I am not sure if building GCC plugins in the external module directory
is the right approach.


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada