linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] kbuild: userprogs: also inherit byte order and ABI from kernel

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Message-Id: <175529257494.1745051.12925907473487620695.b4-ty@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:16:14 -0700
From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, 
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>, 
 Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, 
 Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@...ux.dev>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] kbuild: userprogs: also inherit byte order and ABI
 from kernel


On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 07:43:39 +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> Make sure the byte order and ABI of the userprogs matches the one of the
> kernel, similar to how the bit size is handled.
> Otherwise the userprogs may not be executable.
> This happens for example on powerpc little endian, or riscv32.
> 
> These patches where originally part of my series "kunit: Introduce UAPI
> testing framework" [0], but that isn't going anywhere right now and the
> patches are useful on their own.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/2] kbuild: userprogs: avoid duplication of flags inherited from kernel
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/c5afee88548e4
[2/2] kbuild: userprogs: also inherit byte order and ABI from kernel
      https://git.kernel.org/kbuild/c/478494044bb42

Best regards,
-- 
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>