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From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@zx2c4.com>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: gcc 5 & 6 & others already out of date?
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:31:59 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y0i8D5NNnxMAo1hq@zx2c4.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvOd=_gfTD24zEh9YpoNuBr_D+xjsefeb8sNXnSaU_UgnVRw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 02:08:22PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 6:37 PM Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been working on a (still in development) patch that tries to
> > apply a few compile-time constant folding tricks to a widely used
> > library function, so I wanted to make sure my trickery worked across
> > all supported gcc versions for as many call sites as possible.
> 
> I'd imagine the kernel's inconsistent use of -ffreestanding per
> architecture would be a blocker, if by library function you're
> referring to a symbol that would typically be provided by the libc?
> 
> Do you have more info about what the specific issue you've observed is?

As mentioned, I don't really care to follow up with this. But you can if
you want to waste your time. Download a toolchain. Run allmodconfig.
Observe breakage. Shrug your shoulders and wish we would sunset ancient
toolchains.

Jason

  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-14  1:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-13  1:36 gcc 5 & 6 & others already out of date? Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-10-13 12:22 ` David Laight
2022-10-13 12:59 ` Mark Brown
2022-10-13 15:23   ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-10-13 16:18     ` Willy Tarreau
2022-10-14  4:28       ` David Laight
2022-10-14  5:27         ` Willy Tarreau
2022-10-13 16:26     ` Mark Brown
2022-10-13 16:37       ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2022-10-13 16:51         ` Willy Tarreau
2022-10-13 17:16         ` Mark Brown
2022-10-13 18:38           ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-13 20:23             ` Mark Brown
2022-10-14  6:15               ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-13 18:39     ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-13 21:03       ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-10-14  6:37         ` Florian Weimer
2022-10-13 21:08 ` Nick Desaulniers
2022-10-14  1:31   ` Jason A. Donenfeld [this message]
2022-10-14 11:13   ` Mark Brown

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