Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Disable GCC plugins for compile test builds

[Linus Torvalds]

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 at 14:10, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Arnd bisected this to c56f649646ec ("landlock: Log mount-related
> denials") but that commit is fairly obviously not really at fault here,
> most likely this is an issue in the plugin.  Given how disruptive having
> key configs like this failing let's disable the plugins for compile test
> builds until a fix is found.

I'm not against this, but I do want to bring up the "are the plugins
worth having at all" discussion again.

They've been a pain before. Afaik, the actual useful cases are now
done by actual real compiler support (and by clang, at that).

Who actually *uses* the gcc plugins? They just worry me in general,
and this is not the first time they have caused ICE problems.

            Linus