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Message-ID: <202103172251.F9D770D@keescook>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:52:56 -0700
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] gcc-plugins: avoid errors with -std=gnu++11 on
old gcc
On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 03:40:21AM -0500, Valdis Klētnieks wrote:
> It turns out that older gcc (4.9 and 5.4) have gnu++11 support, but
> due to a gcc bug fixed in gcc6, throw errors during the build.
> The relevant gcc bug is https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69959
>
> Version the option based on what gcc we're using.
Is there a better way to detect this than with version checking?
-Kees
>
> Signed-off-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
> Fixes: 27c287b41659 ("gcc-plugins: fix gcc 11 indigestion with plugins...")
> ---
> diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> index b5487cce69e8..cc779973724a 100644
> --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> @@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ always-y += $(GCC_PLUGIN)
>
> GCC_PLUGINS_DIR = $(shell $(CC) -print-file-name=plugin)
>
> +# need gnu++11 for gcc 11, but 4.9 and 5.4 need gnu++98
> +GCC_FLAVOR = $(call cc-ifversion, -ge, 1100, 11, 98)
> +
> plugin_cxxflags = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) -fPIC \
> - -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++11 \
> + -I $(GCC_PLUGINS_DIR)/include -I $(obj) -std=gnu++$(GCC_FLAVOR) \
> -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -fasynchronous-unwind-tables \
> -ggdb -Wno-narrowing -Wno-unused-variable \
> -Wno-format-diag
>
>
--
Kees Cook
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