linux-kernel - Re: Build failures with gcc 4.5 and older

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFzTPCoarqD7=2NFFvZjmZQjr=FhTWMFfLm+UfaF+M_ixg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:34:28 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Subject: Re: Build failures with gcc 4.5 and older

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> I think we should take Joe's patch.

I'll happily take Joe's patch and get the whole "ancient gcc versions"
issue behind us.

We'll come back to it in a few years when 4.6 is ancient too, but for
now we have no pressing need not to support it.

Joe - proper commit message and sign-off?

                  Linus