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

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Date:   Thu, 3 Dec 2020 18:35:38 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: remove code for GCC versions older than 4.9

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 4:01 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> 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


Please pick it up.
Thanks.

-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada