Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: remove sed command from cmd_ar_builtin

[Jeff Johnson]

On 6/14/2022 8:03 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 3:59 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 10:53 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Replace a pipeline of echo and sed with printf to decrease process forks.
> >
> > If you're trying to minimize process forks, is it possible to remove
> > the use of xargs as well and just invoke $(AR) with the parameters
> > splatted out? I don't know myself, but maybe you're creative enough?
>
>
> If I remove xargs, we will go back to the situation
> before cd968b97c49214e6557381bddddacbd0e0fb696e.
>
> This patch tries to avoid "too long argument error"
> without forking too many processes.
> Maybe I am too worried about the potential issue, though...

From my very clouded perspective avoiding "too long argument error" 
should take priority :)