linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deprecate cc-option-align

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:59:38 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Marcin Nowakowski <marcin.nowakowski@...tec.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Mark Charlebois <charlebm@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Emese Revfy <re.emese@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: deprecate cc-option-align


* Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:

> Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt says the change for align options
> occurred at GCC 3.0, and Documentation/process/changes.rst says the
> minimal supported GCC version is 3.2, so it should be safe to hard-code
> -falign* options.
> 
> Fix the only user arch/x86/Makefile_32.cpu and deprecate the
> cc-option-align.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
> 
> x86 maintainers,
> 
> If this patch looks OK, could you give me Acked-by?

LGTM in principle, although I haven't tested it:

   Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo