linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up

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Date:   Thu, 1 Feb 2018 16:29:53 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "open list:HARDWARE RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR CORE" 
        <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>, linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] compiler-gcc.h: __nostackprotector needs gcc-4.4 and up

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Hi Arnd,
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>> Gcc versions before 4.4 do not recognize the __optimize__ compiler
>>> attribute:

>
> And we might want to remove the dummy in include/linux/compiler_types.h:
>
> #ifndef __nostackprotector
> # define __nostackprotector
> #endif
>
> BTW, how does this work with non-gcc compilers?

clang should in theory accept the same flags, and it pretends to be an older
version of gcc.

I don't think anyone cares about ICC or any other compiler.

    Arnd