Re: [PATCH RFC] gcc-plugins: Handle GCC version mismatch for OOT modules

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Mar 04 2021 - 21:49:50 EST


On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:41 PM Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This thread is making me dizzy, but I think the patch you NAK'ed from me
> was different. It just added an error on GCC mismatch with external
> modules:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fff056a7c9e6050c2d60910f70b6d99602f3bec4.1611863075.git.jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> though I think you were ok with downgrading it to a warning.

Right you are. So that was about the external module thing, which is
obviously incidentally an issue here with the plugin behavior too, but
different.

My inbox is kind of a modern-day Colossal Cave adventure: "You are in
a maze of twisty email threads, all similar but with different hidden
details".

Linus