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Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:13:24 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kbuild: Fail if gold linker is detected
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* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > The gold linker has known issues of failing the build in random and
> > > predictible ways. H.J. stated:
> > 
> > s/predictable/unpredictable?
> 
> No. It fails randomly, but also predictable. Enable X32 support on 64bit
> and it fails the VDSO build. That's been the case for years.

Then please make this a bit more apparent, such as:

 "The gold linker has known issues of failing the build in random
  but also in more predictible ways."

or so?

Thanks,

	Ingo