Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/5] xen: add tainted state and show warning is gcov is enabled

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 02.09.16 at 14:01, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 02, 2016 at 05:56:49AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> >>> On 02.09.16 at 13:47, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Since this is a config option - why bother issuing a warning and
>> tainting the hypervisor?
>> 
> 
> Because there isn't a clear indicator if gcov is enabled.
> 
> I think it would be valuable to just tell from the backtrace or console
> log that gcov is enabled, then we can legitimately refuse to provide
> (security) support for such builds.

Then perhaps making it match the "debug=" would be the better
approach for a feature not controlled on the command line?

Jan


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