linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gcov: remove support for GCC

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Date:   Thu, 12 Nov 2020 16:04:07 +0100
From:   Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcov: remove support for GCC < 4.9

On 11.11.2020 04:05, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> Since
> commit 0bddd227f3dc ("Documentation: update for gcc 4.9 requirement")
> the minimum supported version of GCC is gcc-4.9. It's now safe to remove
> this code.
> 
> Similar to
> commit 10415533a906 ("gcov: Remove old GCC 3.4 support")
> but that was for GCC 4.8 and this is for GCC 4.9.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/427
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

Looks good, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@...ux.ibm.com>

Andrew, could you pick this up via your tree?

> ---
>  kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> index 53c67c87f141..0da0aacc1f26 100644
> --- a/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> +++ b/kernel/gcov/gcc_4_7.c
> @@ -25,10 +25,8 @@
>  #define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
>  #elif (__GNUC__ > 5) || (__GNUC__ == 5 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)
>  #define GCOV_COUNTERS			10
> -#elif __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9
> -#define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
>  #else
> -#define GCOV_COUNTERS			8
> +#define GCOV_COUNTERS			9
>  #endif
>  
>  #define GCOV_TAG_FUNCTION_LENGTH	3
> 


-- 
Peter Oberparleiter
Linux on Z Development - IBM Germany