From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B8C7C43460 for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 12:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67588613AA for ; Tue, 4 May 2021 12:09:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230263AbhEDMKc (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 May 2021 08:10:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55124 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230149AbhEDMKb (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 May 2021 08:10:31 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com (mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 158E5C061574; Tue, 4 May 2021 05:09:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yb1-xb2d.google.com with SMTP id h202so2798060ybg.11; Tue, 04 May 2021 05:09:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GoONfpBLyMysB/FhmzAT7uuw2J/Ov3DAFLCcF6TfPu0=; b=tckQoMf463vNPurJ8/DE4FlF1sR1Nq0y0BGfCjVf8H5j3Et6hVbvUaiODNjIcMs8Mt /jviFaGyjUN7LjTPIxRHFL6MbcW/qsfvx7daHYGdThRFhwx1eXpFdf80lgbrdZv5XAjV q4gQ4TPa7fL+vnbwn0z/rAJc/sZkrwddRBwa++gDz+AHI7QIQYmqAdOtMto9fFmvT2bc fVvw/3LRWi+nbFtSTZbFEIN/PYyaBpsjosnuewLM9WmkMpdXmIGMx9D0R9AaZW8PuyET eTYCcWQ8qBfkV4daDjJf5RPZUriDmdZ2ym+kRWtgTKy71x49yqybOjhVhEz2ORMPpte6 O99Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GoONfpBLyMysB/FhmzAT7uuw2J/Ov3DAFLCcF6TfPu0=; b=Ytl7GZmSG/jfO8+Ioj824A6wjIKkjRKfDls3nSiocZMqc3dMTq7+He0UwuaK/z5GTk eES2DgQBEh6E90AKuMoevKKxE9emIB6I+PKkiE2BYhm4gnAPuUN7MCzD+KSTicUF4AVM PAByFOr4aJ2WaUJhG+C5e3tTJEkNmJSR45UwVh4z/QzoJqSdcJgOm+GrlPtH35ZHLDGx hv4mkMFFT4k7pb+inthvELPFjGRyCAbf4f0FCE06QcqUnZ+rtXEtCwooOH4CAbTIXV2B J2RPsAHMzRfDB3p3xiDN4MikU4MaSRh62vZTIEAWf7PxMcaJdwevZmf6PYXWTbMKo6fz CQWQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5337EPOxsvaqGpZn9I0E6Fn/HsUskTw1C0tkvol3iAv+ubWYLPx7 e8Fn+kD0v2H6XCxjgY4xvh07G7iKs9sRypYNXIA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyVieeZ40YfvrO3ib1FXeZbp8MAXFqo0Q4vUyeRjydd2sG818ixSt8PiKN39BRhtEFPC21X4DYHtphGIkl2Kro= X-Received: by 2002:a25:bc8b:: with SMTP id e11mr34501993ybk.115.1620130175246; Tue, 04 May 2021 05:09:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210501151538.145449-1-masahiroy@kernel.org> <3943bc020f6227c8801907317fc113aa13ad4bad.camel@perches.com> <65cda2bb-1b02-6ebc-0ea2-c48927524aa0@codethink.co.uk> <20210504092225.GS6564@kitsune.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20210504092225.GS6564@kitsune.suse.cz> From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 14:09:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum GCC version to 5.2 To: =?UTF-8?Q?Michal_Such=C3=A1nek?= Cc: Ben Dooks , Albert Ou , Arnd Bergmann , Linux Kbuild mailing list , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Masahiro Yamada , Jonathan Corbet , Linux Doc Mailing List , linux-kernel , Miguel Ojeda , Will Deacon , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Walmsley , Catalin Marinas , Joe Perches , Paul Mackerras , linux-riscv , linuxppc-dev , Linus Torvalds , Linux ARM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:22 AM Michal Such=C3=A1nek wr= ote: > > Except it makes answering the question "Is this bug we see on this > ancient system still present in upstream?" needlessly more difficult to > answer. Can you please provide some details? If you are talking about testing a new kernel image in the ancient system "as-is", why wouldn't you build it in a newer system? If you are talking about particular problems about bisecting (kernel, compiler) pairs etc., details would also be welcome. > Sure, throwing out old compiler versions that are known to cause > problems makes sense. Updating to latest just because much less so. I definitely did not argue for "latest compiler" or "updating just because"= . > One of the selling point of C in general and gcc in particular is > stability. If we need the latest compiler we can as well rewrite the > kernel in Rust which has a required update cycle of a few months. Rust does not have a "required update cycle" and it does not break old code unless really required, just like C and common compilers. Concerning GCC, they patch releases for ~2.5 years, sure, but for many projects that is not nearly enough. So you still need custom support, which is anyway what most people care about. > Because some mainline kernel features rely on bleeding edge tools I end > up building mainline with current tools anyway but if you do not need > BTF or whatever other latest gimmick older toolchains should do. It would be better to hear concrete arguments about why "older toolchains should do", rather than calling things a gimmick. 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Tue, 04 May 2021 05:09:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210501151538.145449-1-masahiroy@kernel.org> <3943bc020f6227c8801907317fc113aa13ad4bad.camel@perches.com> <65cda2bb-1b02-6ebc-0ea2-c48927524aa0@codethink.co.uk> <20210504092225.GS6564@kitsune.suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <20210504092225.GS6564@kitsune.suse.cz> From: Miguel Ojeda Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 14:09:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum GCC version to 5.2 To: =?UTF-8?Q?Michal_Such=C3=A1nek?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Albert Ou , Catalin Marinas , Arnd Bergmann , Linux Kbuild mailing list , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Masahiro Yamada , Jonathan Corbet , Linux Doc Mailing List , linux-kernel , Linus Torvalds , Joe Perches , Ben Dooks , Palmer Dabbelt , Paul Walmsley , Miguel Ojeda , Paul Mackerras , linux-riscv , linuxppc-dev , Will Deacon , Linux ARM Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Tue, May 4, 2021 at 11:22 AM Michal Such=C3=A1nek wr= ote: > > Except it makes answering the question "Is this bug we see on this > ancient system still present in upstream?" needlessly more difficult to > answer. Can you please provide some details? If you are talking about testing a new kernel image in the ancient system "as-is", why wouldn't you build it in a newer system? If you are talking about particular problems about bisecting (kernel, compiler) pairs etc., details would also be welcome. > Sure, throwing out old compiler versions that are known to cause > problems makes sense. Updating to latest just because much less so. I definitely did not argue for "latest compiler" or "updating just because"= . > One of the selling point of C in general and gcc in particular is > stability. If we need the latest compiler we can as well rewrite the > kernel in Rust which has a required update cycle of a few months. Rust does not have a "required update cycle" and it does not break old code unless really required, just like C and common compilers. Concerning GCC, they patch releases for ~2.5 years, sure, but for many projects that is not nearly enough. So you still need custom support, which is anyway what most people care about. > Because some mainline kernel features rely on bleeding edge tools I end > up building mainline with current tools anyway but if you do not need > BTF or whatever other latest gimmick older toolchains should do. It would be better to hear concrete arguments about why "older toolchains should do", rather than calling things a gimmick. 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