On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 03:10:33PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:32 PM,  <mcg...@kernel.org> wrote:
> > diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> > index cac3f096050d..ef09e83b9196 100644
> > --- a/init/Kconfig
> > +++ b/init/Kconfig
> > @@ -53,6 +53,28 @@ config CROSS_COMPILE
> >           need to set this unless you want the configured kernel build
> >           directory to select the cross-compiler automatically.
> >
> > +config BUILD_AVOID_BITROT
> > +       bool "Enable force building of force-obj-y and force-lib-y"
> 
> Sorry to continue the bikeshedding on this, but if I encounter
> something in a Makefile named "force-obj-y" I would expect it to
> always be built, no matter what. But this is not the case: the
> "force-" prefix is tied to this CONFIG_BUILD_AVOID_BITROT. This verb
> usage is weird, as I'd expect an adjective, like "forceable-obj-y" or
> something that describes that it CAN be built even with the CONFIG for
> it is missing, etc.
> 
> Regardless, I defer to Michal on this, but I'm not a fan of "force"
> being used when it's an optional action. :)

Sure, Michal let me know if forceable-obj-y and forceable-lib-y is the
way to go.

  Luis

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