On Tue, 27 Sep 2022, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> 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.
OK. I committed your original plus a minor code style fix.
