linux-kernel - [PATCH] [SUBMITTED 20170314] [v333kbuild: disable -ffunction-sections on gcc-4.7 with ftrace

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Date:   Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:37:15 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung.with.foss@...il.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] [SUBMITTED 20170314] [v333kbuild: disable -ffunction-sections on gcc-4.7 with ftrace

When ftrace is enabled and we build with gcc-4.7 or older, we
get a warning for each file on architectures that select
CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION:

warning: -ffunction-sections disabled; it makes profiling impossible [enabled by default]

This turns off function sections in that specific case, leaving
it enabled for all other configurations.

Fixes: b67067f1176d ("kbuild: allow archs to select link dead code/data elimination")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.with.foss@...il.com>
---
v2: accidentally resend the same patch as before
v3: send the exact same patch once more, without doing the change I wanted
v4: actually fixed version number in check as pointed out by Namhyung Kim (I hope)
---
 Makefile | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e7e644a0b84..3a964fa3a787 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -662,7 +662,11 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -Wextra
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-disable-warning,frame-address,)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-ifversion, -ge,0408,$(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,))
+else
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-ffunction-sections,)
+endif
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fdata-sections,)
 endif
 
-- 
2.9.0