linux-kernel - [PATCH] m68k: Drop -fno-strength-reduce from KBUILD

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Message-Id: <baa95d7235921dff23bed6320518f3fa90396603.1612681353.git.fthain@telegraphics.com.au>
Date:   Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:02:33 +1100
From:   Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] m68k: Drop -fno-strength-reduce from KBUILD_CFLAGS

This workaround became redundant either when the driver in question was
removed (in Linux v2.6.23) or when the compiler flag became a no-op
(in GCC v4.2). Linux has required GCC v4.6 or later since v4.19.

Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=commitdiff;h=efa1cdf01850b28c2f6f7035ebd4420259494615
References: commit 565bae6a4a8f ("[SCSI] 53c7xx: kill driver")
References: commit cafa0010cd51 ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6")
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
---
 arch/m68k/Makefile | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/m68k/Makefile b/arch/m68k/Makefile
index ea14f2046fb4..5be4efec173a 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Makefile
+++ b/arch/m68k/Makefile
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cpuflags-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -pipe -ffreestanding
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-# without -fno-strength-reduce the 53c7xx.c driver fails ;-(
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-strength-reduce -ffixed-a2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -ffixed-a2
 else
 # we can use a m68k-linux-gcc toolchain with these in place
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DUTS_SYSNAME=\"uClinux\"
-- 
2.26.2