On 26/02/2022 01:03, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:15:43 +0000 Guillaume Tucker <guillaume.tucker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Add quotes around $(CC) when calling check_cc.sh from a Makefile to >> pass the value as a single argument to the script even if it has >> several words such as "ccache gcc". Conversely, remove quotes in >> check_cc.sh when calling $CC to make it a command with potentially >> several arguments again. > > This changelog describes the fix, but it fails to describe the problem > which the patch is fixing! > > Presumably, we're hitting some form of runtime failure under > undescribed circumstances when running selftests. But that's just me > reverse-engineering the patch description. And me reverse-engineering > stuff is a gloriously unreliable thing. Please spell out the problem. Thanks for the review. I've just sent a v2 which is rebased on other changes in linux-next and with a reworked commit message which should hopefully be clearer. The issue was seen when building some kselftest binaries and $CC is defined with multiple arguments such as "ccache gcc". Guillaume