linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: remove sed command from cmd_ar

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Message-ID: <fb7f1065-9a55-05ef-9dce-51c43ba69d2e@quicinc.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:15:35 -0700
From:   Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
CC:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: remove sed command from cmd_ar_builtin

On 6/14/2022 8:03 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 3:59 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:53 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Replace a pipeline of echo and sed with printf to decrease process forks.
>>
>> If you're trying to minimize process forks, is it possible to remove
>> the use of xargs as well and just invoke $(AR) with the parameters
>> splatted out? I don't know myself, but maybe you're creative enough?
> 
> 
> If I remove xargs, we will go back to the situation
> before cd968b97c49214e6557381bddddacbd0e0fb696e.
> 
> This patch tries to avoid "too long argument error"
> without forking too many processes.
> Maybe I am too worried about the potential issue, though...

 From my very clouded perspective avoiding "too long argument error" 
should take priority :)