On 27/09/2022 23:47, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Sep 2022, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> buster-gcc-ibt is a dedicated test to run a not-yet-upstreamed compiler patch
>> which is relevant to CONFIG_XEN_IBT in 4.17 and later.
>>
>> Force it on, rather than having 50% of the jobs not testing what they're
>> supposed to be testing.
>>
>> Fixes: 5d59421815d5 ("x86: Use control flow typechecking where possible")
>> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> CC: Doug Goldstein <[email protected]>
>> CC: Stefano Stabellini <[email protected]>
>> CC: Henry Wang <[email protected]>
>>
>> For 4.17: This is bugfix to CI only, to avoid it producing a false negative.
>> Currently, the test intermittently fails to spot the error it was intended to
>> identify. It is very low risk as far as the 4.17 release goes.
> Thanks for the patch! Very recently Michal has added a similar
> EXTRA_XEN_CONFIG option.
I know - that's where I sto^W borrowed the idea from.
> If you are OK with it, I'll rename
> EXTRA_FIXED_RANDCONFIG to EXTRA_XEN_CONFIG in this patch for
> consistency. I can do it on commit.
No, that will break the fix.
These are not options to be inserted into a regular .config.
These are options passed to `make randconfig` via a sidedoor (the
KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG= variable) causing them to be handled specially while
the regular .config file is has it's contents randomised.
~Andrew
