linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] compiler_attributes.h: cleanups for GCC 4.9+

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Message-ID: <CANiq72kQ29ZnFB9RYe=pCzZLgSu=A+cxVAdq=hLPtymbc0XAag@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 22 Jun 2021 01:31:01 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
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        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] compiler_attributes.h: cleanups for GCC 4.9+

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 1:18 AM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Since
> commit 6ec4476ac825 ("Raise gcc version requirement to 4.9")
> we no longer support building the kernel with GCC 4.8; drop the
> preprocess checks for __GNUC_MINOR__ version. It's implied that if
> __GNUC_MAJOR__ is 4, then the only supported version of __GNUC_MINOR__
> left is 9.

Yeah, I was waiting for the raise to 5.x to remove the entire block,
but this is of course good since we did not get that yet :-)

    Reviewed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

Cheers,
Miguel