linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 11/11] gcov: Remove old GCC 3.4 support

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Date:   Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:19:43 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Cc: Android Kernel" <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....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>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/11] gcov: Remove old GCC 3.4 support

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:16 AM Will Deacon <will@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> The kernel requires at least GCC 4.8 in order to build, and so there is
> no need to cater for the pre-4.7 gcov format.
>
> Remove the obsolete code.
>
> Acked-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>


Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>

Thanks!


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada