linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/10] Makefile: drop GCC < 5 -fno-var-tracking-assignments workaround

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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:40:45 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Makefile: drop GCC < 5 -fno-var-tracking-assignments workaround

Now that GCC 5.1 is the minimally supported version, we can drop this
workaround for older versions of GCC.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
---
 Makefile | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2d1e491f7737..f9ef07f573e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -849,12 +849,6 @@ endif
 
 DEBUG_CFLAGS	:=
 
-# Workaround for GCC versions < 5.0
-# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61801
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC
-DEBUG_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0500, $(call cc-option, -fno-var-tracking-assignments))
-endif
-
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO
 
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_SPLIT
-- 
2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog