Re: [PATCH v4 29/31] gcc-plugins: test plugin support in Kconfig and clean up Makefile

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu May 17 2018 - 01:35:25 EST


On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 11:17 PM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Run scripts/gcc-plugin.sh from Kconfig so that users can enable
> GCC_PLUGINS only when the compiler supports building plugins.
>
> Kconfig defines a new symbol, PLUGIN_HOSTCC. This will contain
> the compiler (g++ or gcc) used for building plugins, or empty
> if the plugin can not be supported at all.
>
> This allows us to remove all ugly testing in Makefile.gcc-plugins.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

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