On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:31 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:57 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > During an investigation to fix up the execute bits of scripts in the kernel > > repository, Andrew Morton and Kees Cook pointed out that the execute bit > > should not matter, and that build scripts cannot rely on that. Kees could > > not point to any documentation, though. > > > > Masahiro Yamada explained the convention of setting execute bits to make it > > easier for manual script invocation. > > > > Provide some basic documentation how the build shall invoke scripts, such > > that the execute bits do not matter, and acknowledge that execute bits > > are useful nonetheless. > > > > This serves as reference for further clean-up patches in the future. > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200830174409.c24c3f67addcce0cea9a9d4c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202008271102.FEB906C88@keescook/ > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNAQdrvMkDA6ApDJCGr+5db8SiPo=G+p8EiOvnnGvEN80gA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > > Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Suggested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Applied to linux-kbuild. > Thanks. > No, not really. I will re-think if this is the right thing to do. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
