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From: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
To: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ravi Shankar <ravi.v.shankar@intel.com>,
	"Chang S . Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v7 04/18] kbuild: Raise the minimum required binutils version to 2.21
Date: Wed,  8 May 2019 03:02:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1557309753-24073-5-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1557309753-24073-1-git-send-email-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>

It helps to use some new instructions directly in assembly code.

Suggested-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Chang S. Bae <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Linux Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
---
 Documentation/process/changes.rst | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
index 18735dc..0a18075 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils.
 ====================== ===============  ========================================
 GNU C                  4.6              gcc --version
 GNU make               3.81             make --version
-binutils               2.20             ld -v
+binutils               2.21             ld -v
 flex                   2.5.35           flex --version
 bison                  2.0              bison --version
 util-linux             2.10o            fdformat --version
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel.
 Binutils
 --------
 
-The build system has, as of 4.13, switched to using thin archives (`ar T`)
-rather than incremental linking (`ld -r`) for built-in.a intermediate steps.
-This requires binutils 2.20 or newer.
+Binutils 2.21 or newer is needed to build the kernel.
 
 pkg-config
 ----------
-- 
2.7.4


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-05-08 17:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-05-08 10:02 [PATCH v7 00/18] x86: Enable FSGSBASE instructions Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 01/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Fix ARCH_SET_FS/GS behaviors for a remote task Chang S. Bae
     [not found]   ` <74F4F506-2913-4013-9D81-A0C69FA8CDF1@intel.com>
     [not found]     ` <6420E1A5-B5AD-4028-AA91-AA4D5445AC83@intel.com>
2019-06-16 15:44       ` Bae, Chang Seok
2019-06-16 16:32         ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-22 10:04         ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/ptrace: Prevent ptrace from clearing the FS/GS selector tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2020-06-18 13:50         ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 02/18] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test ptracer-induced GSBASE write Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:04   ` [tip:x86/cpu] " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 03/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add 'unsafe_fsgsbase' to enable CR4.FSGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:05   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/cpu: " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-08 10:02 ` Chang S. Bae [this message]
2019-06-22 10:06   ` [tip:x86/cpu] kbuild: Raise the minimum required binutils version to 2.21 tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 05/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add intrinsics for FSGSBASE instructions Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:06   ` [tip:x86/cpu] " tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Andi Kleen
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 06/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in the helper functions Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:07   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE instructions in " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 07/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Preserve FS/GS state in __switch_to() if FSGSBASE is on Chang S. Bae
2019-06-21 15:22   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-22 10:08   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/process/64: Use FSBSBASE in switch_to() if available tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 08/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: When copying a thread, use the FSGSBASE instructions Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:09   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/process/64: Use FSGSBASE instructions on thread copy and ptrace tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 09/18] x86/entry/64: Add the READ_MSR_GSBASE macro Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 10/18] x86/entry/64: Switch CR3 before SWAPGS on the paranoid entry Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:09   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/entry/64: Switch CR3 before SWAPGS in " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 11/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Introduce the FIND_PERCPU_BASE macro Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:10   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/entry/64: " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 12/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: GSBASE handling with FSGSBASE in the paranoid path Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:11   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/entry/64: Handle FSGSBASE enabled paranoid entry/exit tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2019-06-29  7:21   ` [PATCH v7 12/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: GSBASE handling with FSGSBASE in the paranoid path Bae, Chang Seok
2019-06-29  7:37     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] x86/entry/64: Handle FSGSBASE enabled paranoid entry/exit tip-bot2 for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 13/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Document GSBASE handling in the paranoid path Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:11   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/entry/64: " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 14/18] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test WRGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:12   ` [tip:x86/cpu] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test RD/WRGSBASE tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 15/18] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Test ptracer-induced GSBASE write with FSGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:13   ` [tip:x86/cpu] " tip-bot for Chang S. Bae
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 16/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Enable FSGSBASE by default and add a chicken bit Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:14   ` [tip:x86/cpu] x86/cpu: Enable FSGSBASE on 64bit " tip-bot for Andy Lutomirski
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Andy Lutomirski
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 17/18] x86/elf: Enumerate kernel FSGSBASE capability in AT_HWCAP2 Chang S. Bae
2019-06-22 10:14   ` [tip:x86/cpu] " tip-bot for Andi Kleen
2020-06-18 13:50   ` [tip: x86/fsgsbase] " tip-bot2 for Andi Kleen
2019-05-08 10:02 ` [PATCH v7 18/18] x86/fsgsbase/64: Add documentation for FSGSBASE Chang S. Bae
2019-06-14  6:54   ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-14 20:07     ` Bae, Chang Seok
     [not found]       ` <89BE934A-A392-4CED-83E5-CA4FADDAE6DF@intel.com>
2019-06-16  8:39         ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-16 12:34           ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-16 15:34             ` Bae, Chang Seok
2019-06-16 16:05               ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-16 20:48                 ` Bae, Chang Seok
2019-06-16 22:00                   ` Thomas Gleixner
     [not found]                     ` <8E2E84B6-BCCC-424D-A1A7-604828B389FB@intel.com>
2019-06-17  5:18                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-16 15:54     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-16 16:07       ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-06-22 10:15     ` [tip:x86/cpu] Documentation/x86/64: Add documentation for GS/FS addressing mode tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner

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