linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for kernel builds to 4.8

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Date:   Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:37:46 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/12] compiler/gcc: Raise minimum GCC version for
 kernel builds to 4.8

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 6:53 PM Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> It is very rare to see versions of GCC prior to 4.8 being used to build
> the mainline kernel. These old compilers are also know to have codegen
> issues which can lead to silent miscompilation:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58145
>
> Raise the minimum GCC version for kernel build to 4.8 and remove some
> tautological Kconfig dependencies as a consequence.
>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

On a related note, I've updated the cross-compilers on kernel.org and
done some randconfig testing on all major versions from v4.8 to 9.3.
There were a couple of minor regressions with 4.8 (mostly harmless
warnings), but overall gcc-4.8 is still working well. I did not try older
compilers.

       Arnd