2018-02-17 6:41 GMT+09:00 Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>:
> This can easily double the time for compiling a driver but does not
> provide any benefit for the compile tester, so it's better left disabled.
>
> In addition, any 'inline' function that is not also 'static' and that
> contains an 'if' causes a warning like
>
> include/linux/string.h:212:2: note: in expansion of macro 'if'
>   if (strscpy(p, q, p_size < q_size ? p_size : q_size) < 0)
>   ^~
> include/linux/compiler.h:162:4: warning: '______f' is static but declared in 
> inline function 'strcpy' which is not static
>
> without this patch, and I could not come up with a nice fix for that.
> In combination with my patch to always enable 'CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST'
> during 'randconfig' builds, we can at least hide these warnings for
> most users.
>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <a...@arndb.de>


I took a look at this just in case
because the subject is prefixed with "Kconfig:",
but it is actually "trace:".

I expect "Kconfig:" for core changes of Kconfig.

Using precise patch prefix would get more attention from
right people.




> ---
>  kernel/trace/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> index 434c840e2d82..faaf687b13b1 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> +++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
> @@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ config PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES
>  config PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES
>         bool "Profile all if conditionals"
>         select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING
> +       depends on !COMPILE_TEST
>         help
>           This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if ()
>           taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss.
> --
> 2.9.0
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Masahiro Yamada

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