Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: vdso: Don't use gcc plugins for building vgettimeofday.c

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] ARM: vdso: Don't use gcc plugins for building vgettimeofday.c
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:52:36 +0000
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On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 03:33:27PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
> Don't use gcc plugins for building arch/arm/vdso/vgettimeofday.c to
> avoid unneeded instrumentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@xxxxxxxxx>

But why is skipping it safe?

  Luis

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