Re: [PATCH v4] compiler_types: Allow opting out of __counted_by and __counted_by_ptr
From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Thu Oct 08 2026 - 10:51:28 EST
On Wed, 7 Oct 2026, at 11:36, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 02:32:45AM -0700, Bill Wendling wrote:
>> Ard,
>>
>> What's the reason why x86 doesn't need the KBUILD_CFLAGS flags? Is
>> there something that breaks things?
>
> I think it is mostly historical. See Kees's series to address it:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/20261006204210.i.137-kees@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
I've queued that up now in the EFI tree.
Do we still need this patch then?