Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter/jump_label: use HAVE_JUMP_LABEL?

From: Florian Westphal
Date: Thu Aug 21 2014 - 11:24:48 EST


Zhouyi Zhou <yizhouzhou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL doesn't ensure HAVE_JUMP_LABEL, if it
> > > is not the case use maintainers's own mutex to guard
> > > the modification of global values.
>
> CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL says the user wants to use jump labels.
> But we also need the toolchain to support it.
>
> That is reflected in CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO=y, and if both are
> set then HAVE_JUMP_LABEL is set to true.

Please resubmit and update the changelog to reflect this,
e.g. add something like

Use HAVE_JUMP_LABEL as elsewhere in the kernel to ensure
that the toolchain has the required support in addition to
CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL being set.
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