linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:43:07 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        "Cc: Android Kernel" <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: Raise minimum version of GCC to 5.1 for arm64

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:18 AM Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> So if the arguments are piling up, what is holding us back, other than
> inertia?

I think we can most certainly just try increasing the minimum version
to 5.1 in the next merge window and see.

> Note that banning 4.9 for arm64 and banning it in general should be
> two different changes in any case, as the former will need to be
> backported to -stable kernels as well.

Yes. The arm64 issue is a clear and known bug, plus I suspect gcc-4.9
is ridiculously old in the arm64 ecosystem anyway.

So the arm64 issue is a bug-fix, the follow-up of just upgrading gcc
requirements in general would be a "keep up with the times, and allow
those variable declarations in loops".

            Linus