Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE

From	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE
Date	2016-03-03 03:50 +0100
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Hi Josh,

Just a couple of quick comments ...

On Wed,  2 Mar 2016 18:39:37 -0600 Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile
> index c4f0713..e4a6bd5 100644
> --- a/tools/objtool/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile

I was wondering if this would be more appropriate in scripts/objtool
since it is used during the building of the kernel.  Or does it have a
wider use?

> @@ -7,13 +7,19 @@ ARCH := x86
>  endif
>  endif
>  
> +# always use the host compiler
> +CC = gcc

We have HOSTCC with its associated HOSTCFLAGS etc ... I am not sure if
that is more appropriate (but it does take care of people using clang).

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-01 02:30 +0100
  Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-01 08:10 +0100
    Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 08:30 +0100
      Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-01 08:50 +0100
        Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 09:50 +0100
        Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-01 10:50 +0100
    Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the tip tree Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-01 10:50 +0100
      [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is used Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-01 23:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is  used Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-02 03:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is  used Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-02 22:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is  used Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-02 23:30 +0100
              [PATCH 0/2] objtool: Cross-compilation support Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 01:50 +0100
                [PATCH 1/2] x86/asm/decoder: Use explicitly signed chars Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 01:50 +0100
                [tip:core/objtool] x86/asm/decoder: Use explicitly signed chars tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 18:00 +0100
                Re: [tip:core/objtool] x86/asm/decoder: Use explicitly signed chars "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 20:10 +0100
                [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 01:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-03 03:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 04:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-03 04:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> - 2016-03-03 04:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-03-03 16:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-04 00:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 16:30 +0100
                [tip:core/objtool] objtool: Support CROSS_COMPILE tip-bot for Josh Poimboeuf <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-03-03 18:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is used Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 08:40 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] objtool: Disable stack validation when CROSS_COMPILE is  used Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> - 2016-03-03 09:00 +0100

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