On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 08:47:18AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: SNIP
> > In any case, your patch fixes the bug. With VF=1 I get this output: > > Auto-detecting system features: > ... dwarf: [ on ] > ... glibc: [ on ] > ... gtk2: [ on ] > ... libaudit: [ on ] > ... libbfd: [ on ] > ... libelf: [ on ] > ... libnuma: [ on ] > ... libperl: [ on ] > ... libpython: [ on ] > ... libslang: [ on ] > ... libunwind: [ on ] > ... libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on ] > ... DWARF post unwind library: libunwind > ... backtrace: [ on ] > ... fortify-source: [ on ] > ... gtk2-infobar: [ on ] > ... libelf-getphdrnum: [ on ] > ... libelf-mmap: [ on ] > ... libpython-version: [ on ] > ... on-exit: [ on ] > ... stackprotector-all: [ on ] > ... timerfd: [ on ] > ... libunwind-debug-frame: [ OFF ] > ... bionic: [ OFF ] > ... liberty: [ OFF ] > ... liberty-z: [ OFF ] > ... cplus-demangle: [ OFF ] > > So yes, your obervation that it's the -liberty +libbfd combination is > correct. > > Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> > > Btw., when reading the patch and the Makefile it was not obvious to me > what 'VF' stood for. It's pretty clear what CORE_FEATURE_TESTS and VF - Verbose for Features ;-) > LIB_FEATURE_TESTS means, but there's no comment for VF_FEATURE_TESTS > and the name is not self-explanatory. > > I figured it out from a bit of git log digging that its purpose is to > generate the 'verbose feature check' output. But the variable is not > commented and the features it lists overlaps CORE_FEATURE_TESTS and > LIB_FEATURE_TESTS - so perhaps a bit more explanation (and possible > reduction in duplication) might be useful? > > If it said ALL_FEATURE_TESTS and used $(CORE_FEATURE_TESTS) as a > baseline then that would be self-explanatory. > > (In a separate patch from the fix.) ok, will add something along those lines ;-) thanks, jirka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
