Re: use of ccache 4.14 can result in a defect in the FreeBSD kernel

In reply to: Alexander Leidinger : "use of ccache 4.14 can result in a defect in the FreeBSD kernel"
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From: void <void_at_f-m.fm>
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 13:35:00 UTC

On Sun, Nov 01, 2026 at 04:08:24PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>Hi,
>
>The defect: from 4.14 on, ccache in its default direct mode looks for 
>.incbin only in the raw source text, and only before a literal quote. 
>vdso_wrap.S names the file through a macro (VDSO_FILE), so the check 
>misses it. In direct mode the preprocessed text, where the name would 
>be visible, is no longer scanned.

Created https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=300573

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