Re: [PATCH 0/2] gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule

[Nick Desaulniers]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:35 AM Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> GCC plugins should only exist when some compiler feature needs to be
> proven but does not exist in either GCC nor Clang. For example, if a
> desired feature is already in Clang, it should be added to GCC upstream.
> Document this explicitly.
>
> I'll put this in -next unless there are objections. :)

Acked-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Thanks!
>
> -Kees
>
>
> Kees Cook (2):
>   gcc-plugins: Explicitly document purpose and deprecation schedule
>   gcc-plugins: Remove cyc_complexity
>
>  Documentation/kbuild/gcc-plugins.rst        | 28 ++++++++-
>  scripts/Makefile.gcc-plugins                |  2 -
>  scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig                 | 20 +-----
>  scripts/gcc-plugins/cyc_complexity_plugin.c | 69 ---------------------
>  security/Kconfig.hardening                  |  9 ++-
>  5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 scripts/gcc-plugins/cyc_complexity_plugin.c
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers