linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: remove LTO flags

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2016 18:55:01 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:	andi@...stfloor.org, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de, luto@...capital.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: remove LTO flags

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 05:22:50PM -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
> The setup for LTO never made it upstream, and although this has
> some users, this is now really old stuff for a gcc 4.7 LTO problem.

Sorry, the LTO flags are still needed. Please don't remove

The 4.7 only workaround was only the LTO_REFERENCE_INITCALL macro,
which can be removed (if LTO is not support 4.7 anymore)

-Andi