[PATCH v2 0/5] Define _GNU_SOURCE for sources using

Shuah Khan skhan at linuxfoundation.org
Thu May 9 14:37:03 UTC 2024


On 5/9/24 00:13, Edward Liaw wrote:
> On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 4:10 PM Shuah Khan <skhan at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 5/7/24 15:38, Edward Liaw wrote:
>>> 809216233555 ("selftests/harness: remove use of LINE_MAX") introduced
>>> asprintf into kselftest_harness.h, which is a GNU extension and needs
>>> _GNU_SOURCE to either be defined prior to including headers or with the
>>> -D_GNU_SOURCE flag passed to the compiler.
>>>
>>> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20240430235057.1351993-1-edliaw@google.com/
>>> v2: add -D_GNU_SOURCE to KHDR_INCLUDES so that it is in a single
>>> location.  Remove #define _GNU_SOURCE from source code to resolve
>>> redefinition warnings.
>>>
>>> Edward Liaw (5):
>>>     selftests: Compile kselftest headers with -D_GNU_SOURCE
>>>     selftests/sgx: Include KHDR_INCLUDES in Makefile
>>
>> I appled patches 1/5 and 2.5 - The rest need to be split up.
>>
>>>     selftests: Include KHDR_INCLUDES in Makefile
>>>     selftests: Drop define _GNU_SOURCE
>>>     selftests: Drop duplicate -D_GNU_SOURCE
>>>
>>
>> Please split these patches pwe test directory. Otherwise it will
>> cause merge conflicts which can be hard to resolve.
> 
> Hi Shuah,
> Sean asked that I rebase the patches on linux-next, and I will need to
> remove additional _GNU_SOURCE defines.  Should I send an unsplit v3 to
> be reviewed, then split it afterwards?  I'm concerned that it will be
> difficult to review with ~70 patches once split.

Please send them split - it will be easier to review and apply. You
might as well wait until the merge window is done. I don't think
anybody would have time to review now since merge window starts
next week.


thanks,
-- Shuah



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