From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Dan Li <ashimida@linux.alibaba.com>,
Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>,
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:28:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMj1kXEw2P+Q2Nd-+vf6U5apx+v5Q4TTW6y0m-MFaB1O2OAehQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211020173554.38122-1-keescook@chromium.org>
On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 19:35, Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> GCC plugins should only exist when some compiler feature needs to be
> proven but does not exist in either GCC nor Clang. For example, if a
> desired feature is already in Clang, it should be added to GCC upstream.
> Document this explicitly.
>
> I'll put this in -next unless there are objections. :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Kees
>
>
> Kees Cook (2):
> gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule
> gcc-plugins: Remove cyc_complexity
>
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Documentation/kbuild/gcc-plugins.rst | 28 ++++++++-
> scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins | 2 -
> scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig | 20 +-----
> scripts/gcc-plugins/cyc_complexity_plugin.c | 69 ---------------------
> security/Kconfig.hardening | 9 ++-
> 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 scripts/gcc-plugins/cyc_complexity_plugin.c
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-21 10:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-20 17:35 [PATCH 0/2] gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] " Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:44 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-10-20 19:12 ` Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:45 ` Nathan Chancellor
2021-10-20 19:15 ` Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] gcc-plugins: Remove cyc_complexity Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:48 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-10-20 19:11 ` Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:48 ` Nathan Chancellor
2021-10-20 19:10 ` Kees Cook
2021-10-20 17:50 ` [PATCH 0/2] gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule Nick Desaulniers
2021-10-21 10:28 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
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