linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.14 01/23] compiler-gcc: integrate the various compiler-gcc[345].h files

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Message-ID: <5732FAEE.7030400@suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 11 May 2016 11:27:10 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
	Alan Modra <amodra@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.14 01/23] compiler-gcc: integrate the various
 compiler-gcc[345].h files

On 05/09/2016, 09:17 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 3.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> 
> commit f320793e52aee78f0fbb8bcaf10e6614d2e67bfc upstream.
> 
> [ Upstream commit cb984d101b30eb7478d32df56a0023e4603cba7f ]

The former SHA seems to be bogus.

> As gcc major version numbers are going to advance rather rapidly in the
> future, there's no real value in separate files for each compiler
> version.
> 
> Deduplicate some of the macros #defined in each file too.
> 
> Neaten comments using normal kernel commenting style.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
> Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
> Cc: Alan Modra <amodra@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- 
js
suse labs