From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>
To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@kernel.org>, Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com>
Cc: "gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/16] kbuild: enable option to force compile force-obj-y and force-lib-y
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 22:15:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160830201557.GY3296@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160822235910.GW3296@wotan.suse.de>
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 01:59:10AM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 03:10:33PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:32 PM, <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> > > index cac3f096050d..ef09e83b9196 100644
> > > --- a/init/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/init/Kconfig
> > > @@ -53,6 +53,28 @@ config CROSS_COMPILE
> > > need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
> > > directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
> > >
> > > +config BUILD_AVOID_BITROT
> > > + bool "Enable force building of force-obj-y and force-lib-y"
> >
> > Sorry to continue the bikeshedding on this, but if I encounter
> > something in a Makefile named "force-obj-y" I would expect it to
> > always be built, no matter what. But this is not the case: the
> > "force-" prefix is tied to this CONFIG_BUILD_AVOID_BITROT. This verb
> > usage is weird, as I'd expect an adjective, like "forceable-obj-y" or
> > something that describes that it CAN be built even with the CONFIG for
> > it is missing, etc.
> >
> > Regardless, I defer to Michal on this, but I'm not a fan of "force"
> > being used when it's an optional action. :)
>
> Sure, Michal let me know if forceable-obj-y and forceable-lib-y is the
> way to go.
Michal? Any preference ? Or how about opt-force-obj ?
Luis
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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-19 21:32 [PATCH v4 00/16] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 01/16] x86: remove LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL() mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 02/16] dell-smo8800: include uaccess.h mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 03/16] scripts/module-common.lds: enable generation mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/16] generic-sections: add section core helpers mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:47 ` Kees Cook
2016-08-22 23:13 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/16] xtensa: skip adding literal when SORT() is used mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/16] ranges.h: add helpers to build and identify Linux section ranges mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:55 ` Kees Cook
2016-08-22 23:48 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/16] tables.h: add linker table support mcgrof
2016-08-19 22:02 ` Kees Cook
2016-08-22 23:53 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] kbuild: enable option to force compile force-obj-y and force-lib-y mcgrof
2016-08-19 22:10 ` Kees Cook
2016-08-22 23:59 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
2016-08-30 20:15 ` Luis R. Rodriguez [this message]
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 09/16] firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 10/16] firmware: port built-in section to linker table mcgrof
2016-08-19 22:29 ` [PATCH v4 00/16] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables Kees Cook
2016-08-22 23:06 ` Luis R. Rodriguez
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2016-08-19 21:33 mcgrof
2016-08-19 21:34 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] kbuild: enable option to force compile force-obj-y and force-lib-y mcgrof
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