On 16 November 2017 at 16:32, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:44:06AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: >> Right, and this would also mean that we silently load vulnerable >> modules that are linked with either LD that doesn't support >> --fix-cortex-a53-843419 or simply wasn't passed. > > You'll see a warning at least if the linker doesn't support the flag, > but yes, you're correct. In v1 of this patch set, LTO depended on this > erratum not being selected, but I changed it in v2 based on Ard's > suggestion. > > I'm fine with not being able to use LTO on devices that are affected > by this erratum, so either option works for me. I can even change > this so the user must explicitly disable the erratum in order to use > LTO. Thoughts? > You still have not explained to us how GOLD avoids the erratum. -- 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
