Documentation/kbuild/gcc-plugins.rst

2 GCC plugin infrastructure
14 The GCC plugin infrastructure of the kernel supports building out-of-tree
18 Currently the GCC plugin infrastructure supports only some architectures.
49 GCC plugin), so the entire ecosystem can benefit from it.
51 Similarly, even if a feature provided by a GCC plugin does *not* exist
55 After a feature is available in upstream GCC, the plugin will be made
57 kernel-supported versions of GCC provide the feature, the plugin will
86 You must install the gcc plugin headers for your gcc version,
89 	apt-get install gcc-10-plugin-dev
93 	dnf install gcc-plugin-devel libmpc-devel
99 Enable the GCC plugin infrastructure and some plugin(s) you want to use
106 Run gcc (native or cross-compiler) to ensure plugin headers are detected::
108 	gcc -print-file-name=plugin
109 	CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnu- ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -print-file-name=plugin
111 The word "plugin" means they are not detected::
113 	plugin
117        /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/12/plugin
119 To compile the minimum tool set including the plugin(s)::
124 the cyclomatic complexity GCC plugin.
127 4. How to add a new GCC plugin
130 The GCC plugins are in scripts/gcc-plugins/. You need to put plugin source files