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=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 765BBC41621 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:43:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5060D2076E for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:43:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1585068194; bh=bOmteieTZntfb2qgK6E4POcndj74a9FGn0pv40GjbJM=; h=References:In-Reply-To:From:Date:Subject:To:Cc:List-ID:From; b=scXIU2UmoeMeyLz/wVTvfYmsewhtw6fugIGSYzsi1AGfRt9YOMeniZg43VruHtB2+ uhEPwUwzhCXbDJdQBRsykFV43J0+fV3kcKHMXI+s7WyXY6CJqYr6RXr7YrBX5n4WF9 nGzSab74emmNgHxC3Hk5h9WSaYTla9gYKNJNyA0g= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727953AbgCXQnN (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:43:13 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-f195.google.com ([209.85.208.195]:45396 "EHLO mail-lj1-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726988AbgCXQnM (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:43:12 -0400 Received: by mail-lj1-f195.google.com with SMTP id t17so8660322ljc.12 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux-foundation.org; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=yNlWnerAXVLzObnsd9PaDqNQnqdC4nXPbLaZYzKZiHQ=; b=cp8PDwcdLi3Sx58HhqjwAnXvUGvkwrx3sFIA6iBiDHu3GALAAUoI3vIIUjOizXWj4j iX4GZZ/pr7nXuay4pa/+Yx8d4j12ZdP3tLJHe+wBHTtAG+Cao64AGMaYtL5taPTgjbtU 4/ILHSvXmFYSYfVeVdLpSGUboEgrpHYHi7pes= 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; bh=yNlWnerAXVLzObnsd9PaDqNQnqdC4nXPbLaZYzKZiHQ=; b=rLhBuxnkCSTwqkCxaPxmSpXCfVmTROmgSDJc7+62fbjgUt5FnBa6rA9nwhQZsAE/fe qWsX5JNjSjT6R011CZSwb2wI0X6DhYQh5AVOMvrP+aoVD5CM2yng1LXQJQIZycLxGIXi l46wPPIvL4MCAR4Y1XhX+2/7fBHgQUwmuZ1cqBADV1tulzbzMf6wh01Iv2WJZtTDkpHL +ooVdVrHG9dln4QxggpS7WMcuDz/coGkmJ9/kDomcK57ea/qS5ySPI+7OS2z9LYHGrhT 1V+9KhcC1c/0uXP3xtlGFNDkuJy5vioOvPs5oSuvLYOp5KLnC2ihcNgmzeLuD17MVT0G 9MdQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ3ABLPsHvn2onK6S2Gr+Ro9aQQpubRmyEFfOtMAkKez365ZO9LQ vtnGcZVeO3z+hrUY5ELuHDuU4uk8eBg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vuIICIYsSaYKtEobh95fle15FLg+tRBELBXaTXaO9ZySQgIDTj1WS4GcqPUgjHI6kXPDY0pqQ== X-Received: by 2002:a2e:b4a1:: with SMTP id q1mr8602491ljm.262.1585068190323; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-lf1-f53.google.com (mail-lf1-f53.google.com. [209.85.167.53]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d12sm10089704lfi.86.2020.03.24.09.43.09 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lf1-f53.google.com with SMTP id j188so9951844lfj.11 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:43:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a19:c3cf:: with SMTP id t198mr11909345lff.30.1585067849259; Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:37:29 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202001131750.C1B8468@keescook> <20200114165135.GK31032@zn.tnic> <20200115002131.GA3258770@rani.riverdale.lan> <20200115122458.GB20975@zn.tnic> <20200316160259.GN26126@zn.tnic> <20200323204454.GA2611336@zx2c4.com> <202003231350.7D35351@keescook> <20200324091437.GB22931@zn.tnic> <20200324162843.GE22931@zn.tnic> In-Reply-To: <20200324162843.GE22931@zn.tnic> From: Linus Torvalds Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 09:37:13 -0700 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/changes: Raise minimum supported binutils version to 2.23 To: Borislav Petkov Cc: "Jason A. Donenfeld" , Masahiro Yamada , Kees Cook , Arvind Sankar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , X86 ML , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Thomas Lendacky , Mauro Rossi , Michael Matz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:28 AM Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Are you or Kees going to deal with any fallout from upping the binutils > version, rushed in in the last week before the merge window? I think it's ok. It's not going to cause any _subtle_ failures, it's going to cause very clear "oh, now it doesn't build" errors. No? And binutils 2.23 is what, 7+ years old by now and apparently had known failure cases too. But if there are silent and subtle failures, that might be a reason to be careful. Are there? Linus