Re: [PATCH v4 00/30] tools build: Append -fzero-init-padding-bits=all option

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:44:16 +0100
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Leo,
> 
> On 3/11/26 09:29, Leo Yan wrote:
> > Thank you for reviewing v3 and I appreciate much Ian's suggestions, most
> > of which have been adopted into this series.
> > 
> > For anyone new to the series, the reason for appending this compiler
> > option is described in v3 (see "Link to v3" below).
> > 
> > In this version, the changes are organized into three parts:
> > 
> >    Patches 01 – 07: Preparation before adding the new compiler option.
> >                     Fix typos, adjust Makefiles to ensure the newly
> >                     introduced option does not cause regressions.
> >    Patch 08:        Propagate -fzero-init-padding-bits=all to
> >                     EXTRA_CFLAGS and HOST_EXTRACFLAGS for the
> >                     CC and HOSTCC compilers, respectively.
> >    Patches 09 – 30: Apply EXTRA_CFLAGS and HOST_EXTRACFLAGS in
> >                     project Makefiles.
> >   
> Through which tree do you expect these patch to be picked up ? Each 
> maintainer picks the patches related to their subsystem ?

If that's the case it would be helpful to +CC the relevant
subsystem lists on the patches that you expect to go that path.

Jonathan