Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA_CFLAGS in top-level Makefile

Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA_CFLAGS in top-level Makefile
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:15:31 +0100
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>, Albert Ou <aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@xxxxxxx>, Anup Patel <anup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kvm-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On 11/26/21 16:40, Anup Patel wrote:

We add EXTRA_CFLAGS to the common CFLAGS of top-level Makefile
which will allow users to pass additional compile-time flags such
as "-static".


Is this just for debugging?  I cannot understand if it's used in patch 4.

Paolo

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA_CFLAGS in top-level Makefile
  - From: Anup Patel

References:
- [PATCH 0/4] KVM RISC-V 64-bit selftests support
  - From: Anup Patel
- [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA_CFLAGS in top-level Makefile
  - From: Anup Patel