On Mon, 8 Feb 2016 21:28:13 +0100 Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dne 7.2.2016 v 22:28 Emese Revfy napsal(a): > > This patch allows to build the whole kernel with GCC plugins. It was ported from > > grsecurity/PaX. The infrastructure supports building out-of-tree modules and > > building in a separate directory. Cross-compilation is supported too but > > currently only the x86 architecture enables plugins. > > > > The directory of the gcc plugins is tools/gcc. You can use a file or a directory > > there. The plugins compile with these options: > > * -fno-rtti: gcc is compiled with this option so the plugins must use it too > > * -fno-exceptions: this is inherited from gcc too > > * -fasynchronous-unwind-tables: this is inherited from gcc too > > * -ggdb: it is useful for debugging a plugin (better backtrace on internal > > errors) > > * -Wno-narrowing: to suppress warnings from gcc headers (ipa-utils.h) > > * -Wno-unused-variable: to suppress warnings from gcc headers (gcc_version > > variable, plugin-version.h) > > > > The infrastructure introduces a new Makefile target called gcc-plugins. It > > supports all gcc versions from 4.5 to 6.0. The scripts/gcc-plugin.sh script > > chooses the proper host compiler (gcc-4.7 can be built by either gcc or g++). > > This script also checks the availability of the included headers in > > tools/gcc/gcc-common.h. > > > > The gcc-common.h header contains frequently included headers for GCC plugins > > and it has a compatibility layer for the supported gcc versions. > > The changelog is missing an explanation as to why this needs to be part > of the kernel build system. To me it looks like building the kernel with > a modified build system and non-default compiler flags, which can be > achieved by doing make CC=my-gcc-wrapper or somesuch. But I'd love to be > corrected. These compiler options compile the gcc plugins not the kernel. The new gcc option used for building the kernel is the -fplugin option. -- Emese -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
