linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 069/105] powerpc: avoid -mno-sched-epilog on GCC 4.9 and newer

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Date:   Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:14:40 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 069/105] powerpc: avoid -mno-sched-epilog on GCC 4.9 and newer

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>

commit 6977f95e63b9b3fb4a5973481a800dd9f48a1338 upstream.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
[nc: Adjust context due to lack of f2910f0e6835 and 2a056f58fd33]
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -236,7 +236,12 @@ endif
 
 # Work around a gcc code-gen bug with -fno-omit-frame-pointer.
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER),y)
-KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= -mno-sched-epilog
+# Work around gcc code-gen bugs with -pg / -fno-omit-frame-pointer in gcc <= 4.8
+# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44199
+# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52828
+ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS		+= $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0409, -mno-sched-epilog)
+endif
 endif
 
 cpu-as-$(CONFIG_4xx)		+= -Wa,-m405