linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Only block on RANDSTRUCT for RUST

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Message-ID: <CANiq72nXN-pkHAG6A19JrjiL-uKpem_-8GN8RhiVgc+sKJN6wA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:31:58 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, asahi@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Hector Martin <marcan@...can.st>, Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>, Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init/Kconfig: Only block on RANDSTRUCT for RUST

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 5:21 AM Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev> wrote:
>
> When enabling Rust in the kernel, we only need to block on the
> RANDSTRUCT feature and GCC plugin. The rest of the GCC plugins
> are reasonably safe to enable.

Yeah, only that one is what we had initially years ago, and then we
went the easy route since anyway the mixed builds are best effort at
the moment and GCC plugins could possibly be going away anyway.

Did you test it with the other GCC plugins enabled etc.?

> +       depends on RANDSTRUCT_NONE

Also, why is this changed?

Thanks!

Cheers,
Miguel