Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/6] xen/build: Allow the use of C freestanding headers

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22/06/16 12:24, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The C standard defines two types of conforming implementation; hosted and
> freestanding.  A subset of the standard headers are the freestanding headers,
> requiring no library support at all to use, and therefore usable by Xen.
> 
> Unfortunately, -nostdinc is an overly large switch, and there is no
> alternative to only permit inclusion of the freestanding headers.  Removing it
> is unfortunate, as we lose the protection it offers, but anyone who does try
> to use other parts of the standard library will still fail to link.

As long as there's no chance that random library functions will find
their way into the Xen code, I think this series is OK.

 -George


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