From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Consolidate C dialect options
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:36:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aaHIEQPiAbd7DGlW@derry.ads.avm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260223-fms-anonymous-structs-v1-1-8ee406d3c36c@kernel.org>
On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 12:10:28PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Introduce CC_FLAGS_DIALECT to make it easier to update the various
> places in the tree that rely on the GNU C standard and Microsoft
> extensions flags atomically. All remaining uses of '-std=gnu11' and
> '-fms-extensions' are in the tools directory (which has its own build
> system) and other standalone Makefiles. This will allow the kernel to
> use a narrower option to enable the Microsoft anonymous tagged structure
> extension in a simpler manner. Place the CC_FLAGS_DIALECT block after
> the configuration include (so that a future change can move the
> selection of the flag to Kconfig) but before the
> arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile include (so that CC_FLAGS_DIALECT is available
> for use in those Makefiles).
>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> ---
> Makefile | 16 ++++++++++++----
> arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/loongarch/vdso/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/s390/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile | 3 +--
> arch/x86/Makefile | 6 +-----
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 6 +-----
> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 3 +--
> scripts/Makefile.warn | 5 -----
> 11 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-27 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-23 19:10 [PATCH 0/2] kbuild: Switch from '-fms-extensions' to '-fms-anonymous-structs' when available Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-23 19:10 ` [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: Consolidate C dialect options Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-27 16:36 ` Nicolas Schier [this message]
2026-02-23 19:10 ` [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: Use '-fms-anonymous-structs' if it is available Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-23 22:33 ` Kees Cook
2026-02-23 22:53 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-02-23 23:02 ` Kees Cook
2026-02-24 20:55 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-05 10:25 ` Nicolas Schier
2026-02-23 19:38 ` [PATCH 0/2] kbuild: Switch from '-fms-extensions' to '-fms-anonymous-structs' when available Ard Biesheuvel
2026-02-23 21:13 ` Helge Deller
2026-03-05 23:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-03-06 23:17 ` Nathan Chancellor
2026-03-06 23:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-03-09 6:49 ` Nicolas Schier
2026-03-12 12:08 ` Nicolas Schier
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