Re: [PATCH v2] kasan: simplify and clarify Makefile

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 6:11 PM <andrey.konovalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When KASAN support was being added to the Linux kernel, GCC did not yet
> support all of the KASAN-related compiler options. Thus, the KASAN
> Makefile had to probe the compiler for supported options.
>
> Nowadays, the Linux kernel GCC version requirement is 5.1+, and thus we
> don't need the probing of the -fasan-shadow-offset parameter: it exists in
> all 5.1+ GCCs.
>
> Simplify the KASAN Makefile to drop CFLAGS_KASAN_MINIMAL.
>
> Also add a few more comments and unify the indentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to `rust-next` for the Rust KASAN patch series. Thanks everyone!

(Andrew is also carrying it, but we agreed to do that).

Cheers,
Miguel