linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] objtool: remove workaround for unreachable warnings from old GCC

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Date:   Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:11:23 -0500
From:   Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] objtool: remove workaround for unreachable warnings from
 old GCC

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:39:43PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Commit cafa0010cd51 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6")
> bumped the minimum GCC version to 4.6 for all architectures.
> 
> This effectively reverts commit da541b20021c ("objtool: Skip
> unreachable warnings for GCC 4.4 and older"), which was a workaround
> for GCC 4.4 or older.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>

> ---
> 
>  scripts/Makefile.build | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index 1c48572..5a2d1c9 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ objtool_args += --no-fp
>  endif
>  ifdef CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL
>  objtool_args += --no-unreachable
> -else
> -objtool_args += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0405, --no-unreachable)
>  endif
>  ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
>  ifneq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

-- 
Josh