linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFxU+cCxLsrTjKdni_xrJ=TvcYbHh0pv7Bk8ns4Gtq8rBA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:40:38 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6

On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 11:56 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
> This broke Clang build.

As mentioned elsewhere, I think the clang build was broken before anyway?

> I sent a patch.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/976025/

Yeah, I'd rather just have the clang case have its own file, instead
of be back in the situation where clang depends on gcc and then has a
different versioning model so we need to have insane clang version
tests in the gcc file.

                Linus