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From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>,
	Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@gmail.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/10] compiler/gcc: Emit build-time warning for GCC prior to version 4.8
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:33:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200123153341.19947-2-will@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200123153341.19947-1-will@kernel.org>

Prior to version 4.8, GCC may miscompile READ_ONCE() by erroneously
discarding the 'volatile' qualifier:

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145

We've been working around this using some nasty hacks which make
READ_ONCE() both horribly complicated and also prevent us from enforcing
that it is only used on scalar types. Since GCC 4.8 is pretty old for
kernel builds now, emit a warning if we detect it during the build.

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 init/Kconfig            | 4 ++--
 scripts/Kconfig.include | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index a34064a031a5..bdc2f1b1667b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ config DEFCONFIG_LIST
 	default "arch/$(ARCH)/defconfig"
 
 config CC_IS_GCC
-	def_bool $(success,$(CC) --version | head -n 1 | grep -q gcc)
+	def_bool $(cc-is-gcc)
 
 config GCC_VERSION
 	int
-	default $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC)) if CC_IS_GCC
+	default $(gcc-version) if CC_IS_GCC
 	default 0
 
 config CC_IS_CLANG
diff --git a/scripts/Kconfig.include b/scripts/Kconfig.include
index d4adfbe42690..4e645a798b56 100644
--- a/scripts/Kconfig.include
+++ b/scripts/Kconfig.include
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ $(error-if,$(success, $(LD) -v | grep -q gold), gold linker '$(LD)' not supporte
 
 # gcc version including patch level
 gcc-version := $(shell,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-version.sh $(CC))
+
+# Return y if the compiler is GCC, n otherwise
+cc-is-gcc := $(success,$(CC) --version | head -n 1 | grep -q gcc)
+
+# Warn if the compiler is GCC prior to 4.8
+$(warning-if,$(if-success,[ $(gcc-version) -lt 40800 ],$(cc-is-gcc),n),"Your compiler is old and may miscompile the kernel due to https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145 - please upgrade it.")
-- 
2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog


  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-23 15:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-23 15:33 [PATCH v2 00/10] Rework READ_ONCE() to improve codegen Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] netfilter: Avoid assigning 'const' pointer to non-const pointer Will Deacon
2020-01-23 19:07   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-24  8:24     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-24 17:20       ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-27 12:04         ` David Laight
2020-01-24 17:36       ` Linus Torvalds
2020-01-24 22:00         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-27 12:21         ` David Laight
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] fault_inject: Don't rely on "return value" from WRITE_ONCE() Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] READ_ONCE: Simplify implementations of {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] READ_ONCE: Enforce atomicity for {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() memory accesses Will Deacon
2020-01-25  8:27   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-29 10:49     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] READ_ONCE: Drop pointer qualifiers when reading from scalar types Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] locking/barriers: Use '__unqual_scalar_typeof' for load-acquire macros Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] arm64: barrier: Use '__unqual_scalar_typeof' for acquire/release macros Will Deacon
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8 Will Deacon
2020-01-23 18:36   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-24  8:26     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-24 17:05       ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-24 23:29         ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-25 10:34         ` Michael Ellerman
2020-01-23 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] gcov: Remove old GCC 3.4 support Will Deacon
2020-01-23 18:51   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-28 14:56   ` Peter Oberparleiter
2020-01-23 17:07 ` [PATCH v2 00/10] Rework READ_ONCE() to improve codegen David Laight
2020-01-23 17:16   ` Will Deacon
2020-01-23 17:32     ` David Laight
2020-01-23 18:45       ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-01-23 19:01         ` Arvind Sankar
2020-01-24 10:11           ` David Laight
2020-01-26  1:10           ` Qais Yousef
2020-01-27  7:26             ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-01-23 17:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-01-24  8:33   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-01-24 10:41     ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-02-10  9:50     ` Masahiro Yamada
2020-02-10  9:59       ` Will Deacon
2020-01-31 10:20 ` David Howells

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