Re: [PATCH 2/2] kbuild: remove cc-option test of -ffreestanding

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Jun 26 2020 - 16:22:37 EST


On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 03:59:13AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Some Makefiles already pass -ffreestanding unconditionally.
> For example, arch/arm64/lib/Makefile, arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile.
> No problem report so far about hard-coding this option. So, we can
> assume all supported compilers know -ffreestanding.
>
> I confirmed GCC 4.8 and Clang manuals document this option.
>
> Get rid of cc-option from -ffreestanding.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Kees Cook