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
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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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