linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] arm64: vdso: Fix compilation with clang older then 8

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:36:32 +0100
From:   Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
To:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
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        Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Subject: [PATCH v2] arm64: vdso: Fix compilation with clang older then 8

clang versions older then 8 do not support -mcmodel=tiny.

Add a check to the vDSO Makefile for arm64 to remove the flag when
these versions of the compiler are detected.

Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>
Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Tested-by: Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
index ec81d28aeb5d..4ab863045188 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ else
 CFLAGS_vgettimeofday.o = -O2 -mcmodel=tiny -include $(c-gettimeofday-y)
 endif
 
+# Clang versions less than 8 do not support -mcmodel=tiny
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
+  ifeq ($(shell test $(CONFIG_CLANG_VERSION) -lt 80000; echo $$?),0)
+    CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o += -mcmodel=tiny
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Disable gcov profiling for VDSO code
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
-- 
2.22.0