Re: [PATCH v3] kconfig.h: Include compiler types to avoid missed struct attributes

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Thu Feb 22 2018 - 16:56:18 EST


On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 1:34 PM, Rasmus Villemoes
<rasmus.villemoes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hm, we should probably make sure that kconfig.h is always on the
> dependency list in .o.cmd, but just exclude it from being processed for
> the CONFIG_ pattern.

That sounds sensible to me.

Not that this likely has ever bit anybody outside of this one case,
but when missing dependencies cause a missed re-compile, the resulting
bugs can be _really_ subtle.

Linus