linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH 6.16.y] gcc-plugins: Remove TODO_verify

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Message-ID: <2025100311-disparate-many-794c@gregkh>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 15:03:22 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Brahmajit Das <listout@...tout.xyz>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	kees@...nel.org, Christopher Fore <csfore@...teo.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.16.y] gcc-plugins: Remove TODO_verify_il for GCC >= 16

On Wed, Oct 01, 2025 at 09:20:40PM +0530, Brahmajit Das wrote:
> From: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
> 
> [ Upstream commit a40282dd3c48 ]
> 
> GCC now runs TODO_verify_il automatically[1], so it is no longer exposed to
> plugins. Only use the flag on GCC < 16.
> 
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commit;h=9739ae9384dd7cd3bb1c7683d6b80b7a9116eaf8 [1]
> Suggested-by: Christopher Fore <csfore@...teo.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250920234519.work.915-kees@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brahmajit Das <listout@...tout.xyz>
> ---
>  scripts/gcc-plugins/gcc-common.h | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Kees beat you to this, thanks!

greg k-h