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From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Emese Revfy <re.emese@gmail.com>,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 2/2] Kconfig updates for v5.10-rc1
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 21:53:20 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQGHjLYteCt+8BXSY-5CB0gaO1JtHY-SpPFrfdchoHKrQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=whK0aQxs6Q5ijJmYF1n2ch8cVFSUzU5yUM_HOjig=+vnw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Linus,

On Sun, Nov 29, 2020 at 3:28 AM Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 11:05 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > As for the cc1plus cost, I got a similar result.
> >
> > Running scripts/gcc-plugin.sh directly
> > took me 0.5 sec, which is a fourth
> > of the allmodconfig run-time.
> >
> > Actually, I did not know this shell script
> > was so expensive to run...
>
> So it turns out that one reason it's so expensive to run is that it
> does a *lot* more than it claims to do.
>
> It says "we need a c++ compiler that supports the designated
> initializer GNU extension", but then it actually includes a header
> file from hell, rather than just test designated initializers.
>
> This patch makes the cc1plus overhead go down a lot. That said, I'm
> doubtful we really want gcc plugins at all, considering that the only
> real users have all apparently migrated to clang builtin functionality
> instead.
>
>         Linus


The attached patch looks OK to me.

Just a nit:
Now that the test code does not include any header,
you can also delete
"-I $srctree/gcc-plugins -I $gccplugins_dir/include"


If you apply it directly, please feel free to add

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-02 12:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-22 13:49 [GIT PULL 2/2] Kconfig updates for v5.10-rc1 Masahiro Yamada
2020-10-22 20:25 ` pr-tracker-bot
2020-11-27 21:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-27 21:15   ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-27 21:53     ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-27 22:05       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-11-28  7:04         ` Masahiro Yamada
2020-11-28 18:28           ` Linus Torvalds
2020-12-02  0:55             ` Kees Cook
2020-12-02 12:53             ` Masahiro Yamada [this message]
2020-12-02 13:03               ` Masahiro Yamada
2020-12-02 18:58                 ` Kees Cook
2020-12-02 20:13               ` Linus Torvalds
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2020-10-22 13:47 Masahiro Yamada

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