CONFIG_EXPOLINE_EXTERN: Generate expolines as extern functions.

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_EXPOLINE_EXTERN:

• prompt: Generate expolines as extern functions.
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_EXPOLINE ) && ( CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC && CONFIG_GCC_VERSION >= CONFIG_110200 ) && ($( CONFIG_success,$( CONFIG_srctree )/arch/s390/tools/gcc-thunk-extern.sh $( CONFIG_CC )))
• defined in arch/s390/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 5.18–5.19, 6.0–6.3, 6.4-rc+HEAD

Help text

This option is required for some tooling like kpatch. The kernel is compiled with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern and requires a newer compiler.

If unsure, say N.

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