linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9

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Message-ID: <202012021101.E0BAFC3B@keescook>
Date:   Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:01:34 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:49:29PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Documentation/process/changes.rst says the minimal GCC version is 4.9.
> Hence, BUILDING_GCC_VERSION is greater than or equal to 4009.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

Do you want to carry this in the kbuild tree, or would you like me to
pick it up?

Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook