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From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
To: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org"
	<linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>,
	Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	kernel-build-reports@lists.linaro.org,
	kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 04:10:08 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.20.1704220400380.32200@eddie.linux-mips.org> (raw)
Message-ID: <20170422031008.8J_I6DW1Rr4LfGK98bBETtE09LLUtCOdC5_yEaUBqxo@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGXu5jJpofLF0qAf0-2iNTesZt-X704Q7L=DpQYdtHY5n2HD0w@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 21 Apr 2017, Kees Cook wrote:

> > The linux-4.2 x86 defconfig could still be built with gcc-4.0, but
> > later kernels have several minor problems with that, and
> > require at least gcc-4.3.
> >
> > If we are ok with this status quo, we could simply declare gcc-4.3
> > the absolute minimum version for the kernel, make gcc-4.9
> > the recommeded minimum version, and remove all workarounds
> > for gcc-4.2 or older.
> 
> I think starting with this would be a good first step. I'm not sure
> the best way to add "recommended minimum" to
> Documentation/process/changes.rst hmmm

 FWIW for some reasons (mainly the ability to avoid NPTL) I have stuck to 
GCC 4.1.2 with some MIPS configurations and I've had no issues with that 
compiler up to Linux 4.6.0, which is the last kernel version I have tried 
with that compiler so far.  I could check if anything has regressed since 
then I suppose.

  Maciej

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-04-22  3:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-16 10:56 [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6? Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 01/13] [HACK] gcc-4.5: avoid link errors for unused function pointers Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 02/13] KVM: arm: fix gcc-4.5 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-04 10:38   ` Christoffer Dall
2017-01-04 10:38     ` Christoffer Dall
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 03/13] ARM: div64: fix building with gcc-4.5 and lower Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 04/13] vfio-pci: use 32-bit comparisons for register address for gcc-4.5 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 15:30   ` Alex Williamson
2016-12-16 19:50     ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 05/13] clk: pxa: fix gcc-4.4 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 06/13] ARM: atomic: " Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 07/13] watchdog: kempld: fix gcc-4.3 build Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 08/13] arm/arm64: xen: avoid gcc-4.4 warning Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 09/13] ARM: mark cmpxchg and xchg __always_inline for gcc-4.3 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 10/13] asm-generic: mark cmpxchg as " Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 11/13] fs: fix unsigned enum warning with gcc-4.2 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-03 22:47   ` Brendan Gregg
2017-02-28 21:53     ` Brendan Gregg
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 12/13] KVM: arm: avoid binary number literals for gcc-4.2 Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-01-04 10:39   ` Christoffer Dall
2017-01-04 10:39     ` Christoffer Dall
2016-12-16 10:56 ` [PATCH 13/13] ARM: avoid 'Q' asm constraint for gcc-4.1 and earlier Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 10:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 11:14 ` [RFC] minimum gcc version for kernel: raise to gcc-4.3 or 4.6? Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 11:14   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-16 19:52   ` Kees Cook
2017-04-20 10:15     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-20 19:52       ` Kees Cook
2017-04-20 19:52         ` Kees Cook
2017-04-21 20:55         ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-21 20:55           ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-21 21:05           ` Kees Cook
2017-04-21 21:05             ` Kees Cook
2017-04-22  3:10             ` Maciej W. Rozycki [this message]
2017-04-22  3:10               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-22 15:30               ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-22 15:30                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-23 20:13                 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-23 20:13                   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24  9:44                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24  9:44                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 10:17                     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 10:17                       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 14:13                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 16:53                     ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 17:29                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 18:16                         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 18:16                           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-24 18:30                         ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 18:30                           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2017-04-24 20:30                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2017-04-24 20:52                             ` Kees Cook
2017-04-25  7:06                               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-25  7:06                                 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2017-04-25  9:22     ` Suzuki K Poulose
2017-04-25  9:22       ` Suzuki K Poulose
2016-12-16 15:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 15:54   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 19:58   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 19:58     ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 20:34     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 20:34       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2016-12-16 17:00 ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-12-16 22:00   ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-16 22:00     ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-12-17 11:29     ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2016-12-17 11:29       ` Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2017-01-02 12:23       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2017-01-02 12:23         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2016-12-20  9:59     ` Heiko Carstens
2016-12-20  9:59       ` Heiko Carstens

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