Re: [GIT PULL v2] clang-lto for v5.12-rc1

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Feb 23 2021 - 15:45:02 EST


On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 12:33:05PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 9:49 AM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 3:11 PM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > While x86 LTO enablement is done[1], it depends on some objtool
> > > clean-ups[2], though it appears those actually have been in linux-next
> > > (via tip/objtool/core), so it's possible that if that tree lands [..]
> >
> > That tree is actually next on my list of things to merge after this
> > one, so it should be out soonish.
>
> "soonish" turned out to be later than I thought, because my "build
> changes" set of pulls included the module change that I then wasted a
> lot of time on trying to figure out why it slowed down my build so
> much.
>
> But it's out now, as pr-tracker-bot already noted.

Great! Thanks for the updates; I'll prepare "part 2" right away. :)

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Kees Cook