Re: [PATCH 1/4] scripts/Kconfig.toolchain: Remove CONFIG_CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR

From: Nathan Chancellor

Date: Wed Nov 11 2026 - 14:16:32 EST


On Wed, Nov 11, 2026 at 11:06:06AM -0800, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 9:42 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
> > index 04f4ebdc3cf5..f62de2dea8a3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
> > +++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
> > @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
> > config GCOV_KERNEL
> > bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
> > depends on DEBUG_FS
> > - depends on !ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR || CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR
>
> did you want to retain `depends on !ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR` (deleting the
> ` || CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR`)?

No. If CONFIG_CC_HAS_NO_PROFILE_FN_ATTR is always 'y', this whole
'depends on' line is 'y', so it can be removed entirely. The noinstr
part of that dependency was only added because the "no profile"
attribute is only relevant for noinstr.

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Cheers,
Nathan