CTF patch for testing/review

M. Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Mar 23 02:38:32 UTC 2010


In message: <201003221605.24538.jhb at freebsd.org>
            John Baldwin <jhb at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Monday 22 March 2010 3:05:12 pm M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <20100322.125937.278730673160410010.imp at bsdimp.com>
: >             M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> writes:
: > : In message: <20100322172104.14234yawbsev0sw8 at webmail.leidinger.net>
: > :             Alexander Leidinger <Alexander at Leidinger.net> writes:
: > : : Normally we use MK_xxx for things which are opt-in/opt-out. What about
: > : : using MK_xxx instead of ENABLE_CTF? If people are in favour of MK_xxx,
: > : : what should the xxx part look like?
: > : 
: > : Normally we *TEST* MK_XXX for things which are opt-in/opt-out and
: > : require the user to say WITH_XXX or WITHOUT_XXX if they don't like the
: > : default (or want to ensure they get option XXX, even if we turn it off
: > : by default in the future).  The default then gets encoded in
: > : bsd.own.mk, and permeates the FreeBSD build system since we include
: > : that everywhere, directly or indirectly.
: > : 
: > : The problem is that bsd.own.mk is not included in sys.mk, nor should
: > : it be.  That's why we have the hacky combination of WITH_CTF and
: > : NO_CTF that's there today.
: > : 
: > : : Is bsd.kern.mk included in module builds too?
: > : 
: > : Yes.
: > 
: > One last thing I should have said was that the patch that was posted
: > earlier in the thread looked ok, and likely couldn't be made
: > significantly better due to the bsd.own.mk issue.
: 
: I think the patch is a good approach, I just think it needs to default to not 
: enabling CTF by default.  Instead, various bsd.foo.mk should selectively 
: enable it.

I should have added that bit as well...

Warner


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